Is it true (as I have heard) that symphony musicians and opera singers are known to favor low end stereo systems?

Why is it that those who live around the actual sound of instruments all day can happily listen to highly compromised recording playback? Is it because their minds can fill in the actual sound, and all they need is a suggestion of what the music sounds like? The ears deliver distorted music, but their minds translate it into perfect fidelity??

If so, can I learn to smoke a Bad Frog and taste a PAM?

It is not true (at least from my experience). And NO, a Bad Frog is just Bad...

HUH?

Interested where in the heck you heard that...

I mean I knew some great musicians that had crappy stereos, but that was more of an economic situation than a preference.

I may not be in a symphony and I can't sing a lick, but I am a musciain and I have a nice system. I do not posses nor would I consider an I-pod. I would much rather sit in my living room with my big ol receiver and my Klipsch speaker system than listen to compressed digital recreations thru ear pods.

I could understeand however, that a musician may prefer analog recordings to digital. Of course to maximize and analog recording (a record) you have to have one kick ass system.

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BeatDragon don't be too hard on the Ipod (or any portable MP3 music player). I 100% agree with you on the home stereo front but an Ipod is great in the car or at work (or any location where you don't have the best speakers/system that reveals the limitations of the MP3 format). JMO

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I have heard them. I just dont care much for portable music devises. Crappy low end, can't feel the music. Never cared for any of its predecessors either. I will use one when tryig to learn a cover tune, or when we are working on a new piece and have a recording, but not for listing pleasure.

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I tried to go to MP3 a few times for the gym to avoid skipping (the music not me) but have always been disappointed. I end up going back to my cheap philips discman type of thing and a 10 ft headphone cable.

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On a related note, my 10year old Denon reciever got destroyed by lightning last weekend... I know nothing about todays AVRs..... anything I should know now days?

Don't buy the new Sonys or any other amp with a "digital power section". Crap. I've heard some good things about Outlaw Audio. Good stuff at a good price.

...What!!!

The below link goes to a letter in the Stereophile magazine from awhile back when I used to be a subscriber. It refers to a common assumption that musicians have dead ears when it comes to high end components. I won't bother to find all the links, but the fact that this writer calls it common should be enough.

http://www.stereophile.com/thinkpieces/165/index7.html 

I haven't been tuned in to the high end community for awhile so can't tell you if the assumption still holds.