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Company or Solitude?

I was thrilled weeks ago to have my girlfriend, for the first time, sit and listen with me to my system.
She truly enjoyed it and now prompts me to fire it up so we can sit and get lost together.
We have a great time and I love having her there, but I find I don't get truly involved in the "music" unless I'm alone.
Fortunatly I have the best of both worlds.

So how about you?
With or without company, is it better, worse or just different?
mr_man
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tabl10s
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chashmal
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Dude (as they say), you KNOW it is better to listen alone. Why fight it. You know it and I know it. Let's be real about it. My wife loves to sit and listen too, but come on. It scarcely needs elucidating. It is an obvious fact of audiophilia, IMO. When one concentrates one's mind rests with attention in an undistracted state focused on something. An undistracted state?.....
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bryhifi
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Company is fine for me when in the company of musicians or fellow audiophiles......unspoken rules apply......no chatter while music is playing.

That being said, solitude is the most commonly experienced session. My wife, love her dearly, can almost always ruin a mental journey by talking at the absolute worst times about something completely irrelevant.......therefore she is banned from the room when I go to decompress. ; )
chashmal
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Bryhifi: you put it in terms we can all relate to. Bravo.
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tboooe
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It depends. If i am just casually listening and reading a magazine or book then I actually like having my kids or wife in the room with me. HOWEVER, if I am listening critically or trying to get lost in the music, I definitely prefer to sit in solitude, in the dark with perhaps a candle or two burning.
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