lordmortlock
Late to the Tannoy party
Interesting couple of weeks here.
Like many of us I’m sure, Music is my primary way to relax at home in the evening. This has always been tolerated and in fact encouraged by my lovely lady, but since the birth of our son things have changed a bit. We’ve had a few difficult conversations about music ... volume and genre, and whilst it doesn’t bother or wake the boy the fact that it might is stressing my better half out. She’s tired too, we both are. Not like us to argue but we did last night, as I’d had a week from hell and just wanted to sit down with some tunes and she kept asking me to turn it down, to the point that it just wasn’t worth listening to. So I turned it off, in a strop.
Now, ettiquete rather dictates that matrimonal harmony comes above Hifi. I didn’t feel that way last night mind, but I’m being a little bit less of dick today. So here it is audio friends ... that dreaded question. Can a headphone session be as rewarding as open room listening?
A couple of possible issues. One, I have pretty bad tinnitus from years of clubbing. And two, I’m a proper soundstage and imaging fanatic. I like my music big and wide, well beyond the boundary of the speakers. I guess headphone listening just rewards in a different way? Trying to be positive about this, onwards and upwards and all that.
Like many of us I’m sure, Music is my primary way to relax at home in the evening. This has always been tolerated and in fact encouraged by my lovely lady, but since the birth of our son things have changed a bit. We’ve had a few difficult conversations about music ... volume and genre, and whilst it doesn’t bother or wake the boy the fact that it might is stressing my better half out. She’s tired too, we both are. Not like us to argue but we did last night, as I’d had a week from hell and just wanted to sit down with some tunes and she kept asking me to turn it down, to the point that it just wasn’t worth listening to. So I turned it off, in a strop.
Now, ettiquete rather dictates that matrimonal harmony comes above Hifi. I didn’t feel that way last night mind, but I’m being a little bit less of dick today. So here it is audio friends ... that dreaded question. Can a headphone session be as rewarding as open room listening?
A couple of possible issues. One, I have pretty bad tinnitus from years of clubbing. And two, I’m a proper soundstage and imaging fanatic. I like my music big and wide, well beyond the boundary of the speakers. I guess headphone listening just rewards in a different way? Trying to be positive about this, onwards and upwards and all that.