Do you prefer to Listen alone?

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  • genjivn
    genjivn Posts: 101
    Alone. Except when I listen to wheel on the bus with my son through bluetooth speaker
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  • Stew
    Stew Posts: 645
    ... Yeah, you know when I listen alone
    I prefer to be by myself

    Preferably with a really good beer, bourbon or martini - for all the reasons already mentioned.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    Okay George. I agree. :)

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  • JuanR
    JuanR Posts: 718
    I usually listen alone, but always welcome family and friends to come listen as well. Both choices are fun for me, I enjoy sharing my music with all, and also enjoy it when i'm alone!
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  • Thorton
    Thorton Posts: 1,324
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Alone. Wife does not understand the concept of "sitting down just to listen to music"

    Same here. Although my brothers (who live out of state) come over a few times a year and we crank it and enjoy.
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    If you are listening to stereo alone you are doing it WRONG!!!

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  • Jaybeez
    Jaybeez Posts: 748
    My wife doesn't "get" music at all, so any listening with her is more background (Pandora, or streaming some mellow stuff on Apple TV).

    When I want to really listen deliberately it's me alone in my 2 channel room, which doubles as my drum room (it's basically sound proof).

    My kids are all musicians (one for a living) and they join me from time to time. Fortunately, they like the same stuff as me.
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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,117
    Stew wrote: »
    ... Yeah, you know when I listen alone
    I prefer to be by myself

    Preferably with a really good beer, bourbon or martini - for all the reasons already mentioned.

    Yep, except I had to give up the alcohol.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,552
    DarqueKnight wrote: »
    If you are listening to stereo alone you are doing it WRONG!!!

    I see what you did there.... :D
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,009
    Whenever people come over and I turn on the tunes they start talking like its a Bob Dylan concert when he starts playing the Sinatra songs.
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  • pongshi
    pongshi Posts: 376
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  • Dawgfish
    Dawgfish Posts: 2,554
    Usually just my Labrador Retriever and I. She seems to really enjoy the tunes also (as my last lab did). I like it that way!
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  • HzTweaker
    HzTweaker Posts: 785
    I live alone so I listen alone. It can be dangerous at times though. Hints my shameless post plug.:
    http://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/175269/sos#latest

    Guest are always welcome. :)
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  • stangman67
    stangman67 Posts: 2,289
    Just me and my pup, but then again we are always the only ones here. I'll listen with my dad when I'm over at his house but definitely prefer alone.
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,147
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    Sometimes my furry friend likes to jam out with me.ai1zvqersor2.jpg
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    erniejade wrote: »
    Sometimes my furry friend likes to jam out with me.ai1zvqersor2.jpg

    Your leg or the dog? Both could stand a trim.
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  • crashb4
    crashb4 Posts: 222
    2 SDA SRS. 1 chair. Just the way I like it.
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  • littlewoodboats
    littlewoodboats Posts: 823
    edited January 2017
    motorhead43026 wrote: »
    lightman1 wrote: »
    I'm alone 98% of the time.

    Get a couple sock puppets and give them female names, no sense in being alone ;)

    Sock puppets are cool but I find the thick wool ones tend to degrage the highs. The silk ones tend to make the mids raspy and dont get me started on Argyle.

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  • mikeyb128
    mikeyb128 Posts: 2,885
    I look back at my previous post. More like 90% alone. I don't mind having drinks with a friend down there. Problem is there's a pool table in the room as well, so it attracts some strays sometimes.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,962
    edited January 2017
    Alone....when another person is present they always want to talk during a song, and then turn it down so I can hear them. Also like the room dark, eyes closed....so all your senses are concentrating on the music.

    Always thought it would be cool if they could incorporate smells to go along with the venue on CD's. Musty smoke and booze smell for those small jazz venues, Weed and old sneakers for Zepplin songs. Only problem with that is your cdp will start smelling like a **** house after awhile.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,010
    tonyb wrote: »

    Always thought it would be cool if they could incorporate smells to go along with the venue on CD's. Musty smoke and booze smell for those small jazz venues, Weed and old sneakers for Zepplin songs. Only problem with that is your cdp will start smelling like a **** house after awhile.

    Or like lightman's facial hair.
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  • rpf65
    rpf65 Posts: 2,127
    Scratch and sniff cd's?

    Can't figure out if that is a good or bad idea.
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  • HzTweaker
    HzTweaker Posts: 785
    edited January 2017
    tonyb wrote: »
    Also like the room dark, eyes closed....

    Take caution of the speakers in the room for your toes sake. :D
    tonyb wrote: »
    Always thought it would be cool if they could incorporate smells to go along with the venue on CD's. Musty smoke and booze smell for those small jazz venues, Weed and old sneakers for Zepplin songs. Only problem with that is your cdp will start smelling like a **** house after awhile.

    ^^WERID.... That's like saying you'd like smell-o-vision to exist and can't wait to watch a season of Discovery channel's Dirty Jobs. >:)
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,962
    HzTweaker wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Also like the room dark, eyes closed....

    Take caution of the speakers in the room for your toes sake. :D
    tonyb wrote: »
    Always thought it would be cool if they could incorporate smells to go along with the venue on CD's. Musty smoke and booze smell for those small jazz venues, Weed and old sneakers for Zepplin songs. Only problem with that is your cdp will start smelling like a **** house after awhile.

    ^^WERID.... That's like saying you'd like smell-o-vision to exist and can't wait to watch a season of Discovery channel's Dirty Jobs. >:)
    HzTweaker wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Also like the room dark, eyes closed....

    Take caution of the speakers in the room for your toes sake. :D
    tonyb wrote: »
    Always thought it would be cool if they could incorporate smells to go along with the venue on CD's. Musty smoke and booze smell for those small jazz venues, Weed and old sneakers for Zepplin songs. Only problem with that is your cdp will start smelling like a **** house after awhile.

    ^^WERID.... That's like saying you'd like smell-o-vision to exist and can't wait to watch a season of Discovery channel's Dirty Jobs. >:)

    Not really, think of the applications with movies and virtual reality gizmos. Standing in an alley, pouring rain....and you can smell that scene as well as view it. Walking into a bakery before a shoot out, smell of gun smoke afterwards. Smell of an ocean for beach scenes.

    It's about adding one more of your senses to put you into a movie/music/game.
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  • HzTweaker
    HzTweaker Posts: 785
    ^^ I guess there wouldn't be a down side as long as the "gizmo" came with a on/off feature.

    Back on subject though, calling all western NC folks. I'll be picking up the P5 Saturday That I purchased from Mr. Skip ( @DSkip ) himself I want to share the experience so I'm inviting everyone over for a listen. Just shoot me a PM if you are able to make it.

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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,897
    edited January 2017
    rpf65 wrote: »
    Scratch and sniff cd's?

    Can't figure out if that is a good or bad idea.

    Anybody remember the scratch and sniff Hustler centerfold about 1977.....lol.

    Wait, what does that have to do with audio.

    The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

    It is imperative that we recognize that an opinion is not a fact.
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  • RamZet
    RamZet Posts: 792
    Alone with the dog.
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  • StantonZ
    StantonZ Posts: 444
    edited January 2017
    Generally speaking, I do my "serious" music listening alone; no one in my family really likes my music anyway (jazz).
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,375
    You know when I listen alone, I prefer to be by myself.
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