I am not an audiophile and yet my life has been touched by music. One of my older brothers was an audiophile. He loved music and he was passionate about audio systems. He gave me my first lessons in music appreciation and in audio quality. We became close because of it. Coincidentally I was also very good friends with several very talented musicians who went on to make careers out of music. I spent my teenage years surrounded by music and musicians. It is important to realise that music was more important to young people back then than it is today. Music was the foremost cultural phenomenon of the age. If you were a teenager back then the bands you followed defined you. Despite this I didn't follow any bands and I didn't buy any records. My brother suffered from serious mental illness. When he was in the grips of psychosis he would use music as a weapon to disturb the neighbourhood and to deny people from sleep. I had a complicated relationship with m...
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