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MaximumEffort433 OP t1_j6jbtbr wrote

Reply to comment by Overall_Falcon_8526 in The Tao of Headphones: The audio that can be played back on my current headphones is not the eternal Audio, the music that can be heard at this bit rate is not the true Music. Curvelessness is the beginning of equalization, the equalized is the mother of the ten thousand frequencies. by MaximumEffort433

Do you want to improve the audio?

I don’t think it can be done.

 

The artist's intention is sacred.

It can’t be improved.

If you equalize it, you’ll ruin it.

If you listen for enjoyment, you’ll lose it.

 

There is a time for hearing the song,

a time for hearing the singer;

a time for listening to the headphones,

a time for listening to the music;

a time for seeking upgrades,

a time for enjoying endgames;

a time for tradition,

a time for time for the new.

 

The Sage listens to things as they like,

without trying to convince others.

She lets them go their own way,

and eats popcorn at the center of the argument.

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Overall_Falcon_8526 t1_j6jdcrx wrote

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Banish upgrades,

No More grief.

Between mid-fi and summit-fi,

how much difference?

Between Crinacle and Zeos,

how much difference?

What others hear I must hear --

How pointless!

Commenters are wreathed in superlatives,

As if at a carnival banquet.

I alone am passive,

Giving no sign,

Like an infant who has not yet smiled.

Forlorn, as if I have no headphones.

Others have twenty or thirty cans,

I alone have two.

I have the mind of an amp skeptic,

Confused, confused.

Others like bright sound signatures,

I alone like dark, dark.

Drifting on my FLACs,

Listening endlessly.

Others have upgrade plans,

I alone am wayward and stubborn,

I alone am different than others,

Like a baby who has reached endgame.

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MaximumEffort433 OP t1_j6jecuf wrote

> Others have twenty or thirty cans, > > > > I alone have two.

I actually loled at this, I love it.

For those who don't know, the original verse was something to the effect of "Others are clever, I alone am stupid," depending on the translation. I don't know, the juxtaposition of being headphoneless and being dull witted is somehow funny to me.

>"I only have two sets of headphones, I'm such an asshole."

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