Headphones and Audio

Music and Hi-fi

There's really not much for me to say here that hasn't already been said. Music is an important part of people's lives. I used to play in the band at school, where I was section leader for 2 years. Through all of it I gained an appreciation of music.

High-fidelity equipment allows me to bring that music to my room in a way that's faithful to the music itself. I won't pretend that it makes me better than anyone else, or my way is the only way to listen to music. I just know that it's something that I love

Why Headphones

I know that a lot of people think that headphones will always be inferior to speakers, and that's fair. Nevertheless, I prefer speakers for 2 reasons.

First, on a really good pair of headphones, I lose the fact that I'm listening to anything. It's more as if the music is playing in my head. Whereas, even on the best speakers, I can't help but feel as though something is being performed for me.

Second, headphones are just more practical. If I'm traveling home from school—nearly 2000 miles in my case—or to a friends house. I can take my Sennheisers. I can't do that with good speakers.

Neo-test (Headphones)

To what do I listen?

I have a lot of different preferences in terms of music. I won't pretend to like everything, and just like any art, some of it goes over my head. Nevertheless, this is a link to a group of songs that I have found striking in some way. Therefore they were added to my playlist.

My favorite artist

Generally if someone asks, I'll tell them that my favorite artist is David Bowie. However, I don't like the idea of having a favorite. Artists all have something to tell us in the ways that they portray their euphony and dysphony. Ranking them, in that regard, just feels wrong to me.

In the same vein, I don't like the idea of liking some genres and disliking others. I think that there's plenty of merit in having preferences for what sounds one enjoys. Nevertheless, I dislike it when people say things like, "I like everything except for country." I find such language reductive and generally untrue.

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