Everyday is Christmas here at Audio Federation

Everyday is Christmas here at Audio Federation, what with all the toys that keep arriving all of the time…

Everyday is also Thanskgiving here as well.

I consider myself very fortunate to be here at this time.

I have always felt that one must be cognizant and always appreciative of one’s good fortune, but also that fortunes can change in the blink of an eye, a quake of the earth, a hurricane of the ocean, a misplaced bus here or there.

We also try to share our good fortune with others in various ways. Yes, including some of our fave charities, like many of you out there.

We also share our listeningrooms with anyone who makes an effort to make it here, and we have this website and Blog so that those who can’t make it can see upclose what some of the finest craftspeople in the world have wrought.

If we were an antqiue shop, or an art gallery, or a greenhouse, or whatever, it would be the same: trying to communicate the beauty of these marvelous works wrought by humans and nature through photos and prose.

Because it is NOT all just about the music, it is all about the appreciation of ‘works’, works created out of nothing but ideas and atoms. And appreciation and respect for the effort and skill and talent and sweat and mystery and inspiration and luck and love that went into their creation. Whether that be music, or equipment, or album covers, or a well-designed system, or the gestalt of it all roled together in one big sometimes awe-inspiring mess.

As anyone knows who has been around for awhile, nobody owns anything. It is only borrowed for a little while. And then it dies, or the borrower dies, or it is sold, or it breaks, or it is lost…or crumbles into dust.

We are all just Custodians. And all we can do is try to be the best darn custodians we can be.

Happy Holidays Everyone!
-Mike & Neli