Yes, if anyone is curious they can take a look at my work here:
http://www.bludomain2.com/georgeelsasser/I still have not finished this site nor released it officially, got side tracked.
I don't know many local audiofiles, but the one I do know well plays bass. On the other hand I did a photo workshop with a man named Fred Picker who loved music and had Luxman stuff about 1980-1983. I do know plenty of visual artists, most seem not to care at all about the quality of sound their stereos produce. But many of them have a very strong affinity to music and are very passionate about music. Unforunititly the dedication required of a life in the visual arts does not generate much income, so I do not know how this affects stereo. I do have a friend, an architect who I just helped set up a T-amp system a year ago.
Very interesting thread, I hope it stays active. One thing I have Begun to notice in the tweeking, improving phase with my gear recently is how it is at least loosely similar to making visual art. An example for me would be, say in a painting every time something is added another color, gesture, line and so forth it has an effect on the whole image.
In color theory a particular color-hue of red on a white ground appears a certain way. As soon as you place another color beside it (both still sitting on a white ground) the color-hue of the red changes because the additional color effects the way we now perceive that red. When we talk of system synergy are we in this boat?
Also few people even see the exact same hue of red, we can not assume the person next to us is seeing what we see exactly. I had a friend many years ago who could not stand any treble- would turn the knob all the way down to where we could not get much pleasure at all from the music in such fashion.
For those inclined a really interesting person to read in the Field of perception is, Oliver Sacks; Island of the Color Blind, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Awakenings among others. It should fire up those neurotransmitters.
I do find it interesting Jeff Beck and Claptin were both in visual art school at one time. I believe DeNiro (don't quote me here- I need to look it up again) and a few actors also briefly studied painting under Hans Hoffman. Jackson Pollock used to drive his wife Lee Krasner nuts
playing jazz very loud for 2-3 days at a whack. Pollock, deKooning and Franz Kline all loved jazz and listened to it in the Village often.
