Like my grade two teacher said: A person seeking PRAT is like a dragon swallowing its own tail. It's giving him sustenance to be alive and strong but at the same time destroying him.
36 summers long!
JackD201 wrote:It's getting hot in here. Whew.
Aren't there days when you just can't seem to find your rythm? You can't make a good golf swing, sink a free throw, whatever. Aren't there days when no matter how hard you try your system just doesn't sound right? Days you spend hours trying to tweak and go to bed exasperated? Has it ever happened to you that the very next evening after a hard day of fulfilling work you plunk down in your chair and voila! Everthing is perfect? This happens to all of us in the hobby. As a techie, I understand the science. I was trained to sniff out audible problems and solve them but you know what? When it comes to listening for pleasure I have to UN-Train myself. I guess what I'm trying to say is that we, yup ourselves, are the only real roadblock to what Jo2 refers to Sonic Nirvana. Many members here have found happiness in their systems wether humble or extravagant I think because they've accepted the fact that those systems will never be perfect but recognize that they get the important things right. Some of them might not be able to tell the difference between groove echo and recorded roomtone but hey while we try to explore every circuit, every theory they're out there enjoying. Lighten up guys. PRAT? Jeez! It's just a term coined by some reviewer, who may actually have been stoned while hammering on his Ollivetti. We'll never know. I call it boogie factor. You can call it whatever you like. I hate to be preachy but there's no greater waste of energy than cynicism. Cynicism is a sign that you're too chicken to make a mistake and not big enough to accept it. Cynics have the hardest time accepting new paradigms (e.g. the earth is round), almost always end up bitter, lonely and suicidal and almost always end up contributing nothing but criticism. How can you tell somebody is a cynic? Cynics always want to be convinced by someone else.
jo2 wrote:amandarae,
I didn’t upset you, did I? I wasn’t having a go on you. I know you’re a sport.
You know that we RESPECT and VALUE each other’s opinion from other FORUMS outside WS.
I believe whatever and whichever PATH we take towards obtaining our Audio Bliss is a matter of personal preference.
I didn’t stop there!
I want to explore on what else is out there!
And maybe SHARE and EDUCATE the others.
Whether it’s ridiculous, stupid, and weird I can confidently say I’ve done it even it didn’t made a cut to my own goals.
Catch my drift?
TRY…EXPERIMENT…LISTEN…AND LEARN….MAYBE SHARE YOUR FINDINGS AND EXPERIENCE.
sinar wrote:my comment on this line "My point is that PRAT is a STATE OF MIND. Its definition is to one's personal preference. To each his own! Nothing more nothing less." is that from my experieince of hearing and owning different systems, it's either your system have it or not (PRAT). its not a play of someone's state of mind.
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