Listening to music
Listening to music is my dearest hobby. It's an everyday enjoyment that always has somehing new to give.
For me it's a lot more than just listening. It's about learning to know the backgrounds – I want to know about the lives of the singers, the careers of the musicians and about recording studios and when the songs were recorded. It's also hunting some rarer releases.
I have invested to this hobby also with some hardware. It's important to me because hearing music with bad equipment is like seeing a photocopy of a photograph – a lot details are left out and unseen.
- Speakers: Genelec 8250A DSP + Genelec Loudspeaker Manager software
- Preamplifier: VTL TL 5.5 II Signature
- D/A-converter: Lindemann 825
- D/A-converter/mixer: Behringer Xenyx 302USB
- CD players: Pioneer Elite PD-F19, RCA Professional Series CD-9400
- Tuner: Yamaha Natural Sound TX-582RDS
- Reel-to-reel tape player: Pioneer RT-707
- Digital recorder: Tascam DR-08
The singers I'm interested in the most are:
- Frank Sinatra
- Elvis Presley - especially 1969-1975
- Chris de Burgh
- Abba - especially 1978-1982
- Agnetha Fältskog
- Céline Dion
- Roy Orbison
- Tom Jones