I occasionally get the chance to demo my system to a non-audiophile friend. Today, after a long listening session, a couple of friends who are not really into music and certainly not into audio, stopped over.
I was in the middle of listening to the EC 'Unplugged' CD ( pretty familiar material for the non-phile) and invited them into my room for a listen. Whenever I have done something like this in the past, i usually find that the friend listens for a few minutes and then gets a little puzzled and wants to move on.
This time, the wife was somewhat interested, BUT as usual wasn't really into the sound and even less so for her husband. I thought the system was sounding as good as I have ever heard.
The usual comments about why to use tubes since they last saw them in their TV set about 25+years ago and then out to talk to the missus.
Are we a'philes doomed to a life of misunderstanding?
Are you guys experiencing the same with non 'philes coming to visit
I was in the middle of listening to the EC 'Unplugged' CD ( pretty familiar material for the non-phile) and invited them into my room for a listen. Whenever I have done something like this in the past, i usually find that the friend listens for a few minutes and then gets a little puzzled and wants to move on.
This time, the wife was somewhat interested, BUT as usual wasn't really into the sound and even less so for her husband. I thought the system was sounding as good as I have ever heard.
The usual comments about why to use tubes since they last saw them in their TV set about 25+years ago and then out to talk to the missus.
Are we a'philes doomed to a life of misunderstanding?
Are you guys experiencing the same with non 'philes coming to visit