In article ,
Cessna172
wrote:
Stewart Pinkerton wrote in
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One thing's for sure - you don't *ever* want to fly with 'Cessna 172'
except under visual flight rules. He's clearly going to fly straight
into the ground in fog, as there's no way he'll believe his artificial
horizon when he *knows* that he's really climbing........

Boy, am I glad I rely on what my ears are telling me and not a meter. I
must get so much more enjoyment out of my music.

That seems fine if it suits you. :-)

However I also seem to enjoy music a great deal via the audio systems I
use. And my experience is that not only being able to 'read a meter', but
being able to design, test, and understand the kit has been very useful in
allowing me to produce systems that allow me to thoroughly enjoy the music.

It seems a strange attitude to imply that somehow *not* being able to 'read
a meter' or understand the kit allows someone to "get more enjoyment out if
the music" than if they did. It is not my experience. Nor that of various
people I have known who design equipment, either as professionals or as
enthusiasts. I think you would find that most of the people who produce
the equipment we use both 'use their ears' and 'read meters' to aid
them.

BTW One thing I have found interesting over the years is just how many
professional scientists and engineers play instruments and love music.
Being able to 'read a meter' does not seem to stop them doing this.

Forgive my bias, but I tend to prefer education to ignorance, and
understanding and skill to inability. I also tend to prefer to regard
claims which seem to conflict with my experience and understanding with
some caution. My experience is that these preferences pay dividends in
terms of musical enjoyment, as in other areas... :-)

However YMMV. ;-

Slainte,

Jim

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