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Audio as a hobby

The only problem with audio and music: it a very passive hobby. Of course you could ride a stationary bike or even have sex while listening to music . But then audio/music becomes sort of secondary. So the question, do any of you have an active, non-passive hobby that is the equal to audio/music??? Just curious, or all of you just couch potatoes???
shubertmaniac
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wmcmanus
171 posts
 
Skydiving (semi-retired from this hobby) and scuba diving. I live in the Cayman Islands and the marine life here is amazing!
bufus
148 posts
 
I was a sportbike rider. I had a daughter and sold the bike. I used the money to buy a widescreen high definition television. I was also into Karate/Weightlifting/Jiu-jitsu and then I broke cartlidge and tore my ACL (ligament) in my knee. That pretty much ended that hobby. I still watch the UFC and Pride fighting competitions. My only active hobbies at this point are chasing my daugher around and mowing the yard with a push mower!!!!!!
jeffloistarca
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I golf and swim in the summer, play hockey twice a week in the winter, actively coach my kid's sports, and also partake in extreme skiing.
dma
74 posts
 
I love hiking to high mountain lakes here in Colorado and flyfishing for Cutthroat and Brook trout. There's just something about being at 13,000 feet and having a lake all to yourself. Unfortunately it is a seasonal hobby. I definitely spend much more time listening to music in the winter but after dealing with people all day at work, I am ready to go into my "decompression chamber". I am also a big C.U. football fan. Go Buffs!! Sdcampbell, thanks for taking Neuheisel off of our hands (just kiddin'). Hope your Huskies do well.
basement
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I tend to view audio as an active hobby. I like to tweek stuff and figure out stuff and take things apart, ect.
It is actually a real exercise for the brain. The results are gratifying. I think I enjoy taking a cheaper component and trying to make it sound good. I don't know if I actually accomplish much with the time spent (as oppossed to just buying better stuff, It might work out to .25$ an hour). Don't get me wrong, I enjoy spending money just as much as the next guy, but if I couldn't take it apart, I wouldn't feel I was getting my money's worth. I guess what I'm saying is the enjoyment is in the trying, not trying so I can get the maximum enjoyment.
I do listen passively quite often though, like when I am actively trying to pick up after myself. That's when the active/passive debate is most blured.
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