Experiments Taught Us Everything We Know about Records
Thought for the Day
We want the outcome, but we need the journey.
Falling in love with outcomes doesn’t move you forward.
Falling in love with the process does.
Shane Parish
It’s amazing how far you can get in this hobby if you’re obsessive enough and driven enough. (See links below for more on these two drivers of success.)
To achieve real success you must be willing to devote huge amounts of time, money and effort to the pursuit of better home audio.
You will really go far if you’re willing to let your ears, not your brain, inform your understanding and appreciation of the sound of the various pressings you play.
If we thought like most audiophiles — that money buys good sound and original pressings are usually the best — we would currently be very unlikely to have a business selling a million dollars or more worth of Hot Stampers every year.
(For those new to the idea, here are the short versions of what they are and how one goes about acquiring them.)