As someone who has lost much of their hearing (due to cruel circumstance (a virus of all things)) and has a lot of hifi equipment I can really relate to re-learning how to appreciate music. I am not delighted with the situation but after 3 years I have finally got to the point where I can sometimes enjoy music again.
@@stringtheorymedia Unfortunately I was about 48 when this happened so this method is likely realistically not possible. I did look to get one but in the UK I could not find one. I can still hear though so that would likely also impact how effective this could be. My hearing is at the level where I have been offered hearing aids but I don't 'need' them. When I talk to people one on one I am okay. If there is any noise such as TV or air-conditioning I have to guess about 50% of words. I can never go out for a meal because I can only hear maybe 10% of words at best. I also have reverse slope hearing loss so anything below about 200hz is gone - that completely kills so many music genres. So that is where I am at. This has been more devastating for me than some hence my delay to answer...I wasn't even sure I could answer.
@@andrewharbut7488 Is your situation similar to mine...I just added more information to the thread about mine (I responded to stringtheorymedia 's question)?
@@markphillips1509 Mark, I very much relate to your sentiments. 11 years ago when I was 30, I woke up one day with bad vertigo and terrible tinnitus in my right ear. Despite several courses of steroids and antivirals, I was left with a very steep roll off above 200 Hz. (At 90 db my word recognition score is under 30 percent, so it’s not correctable with a hearing aid). Worse than the deafness is the the tinnitus - as you mentioned, restaurants are impossible - the louder the ambient noise, the louder the tinnitus. I have been a semi professional musician my entire life and an amateur recording engineer and producer for most of it as well. My older brother is a hard core audio file - which is how I saw this piece. There are some promising treatments and regenerative medicine, but that’s still a few years away. If I have one regret, that I did not seek talk therapy Sooner, as the reality is that you are likely dealing with a major loss and grief issues, and for me, that impacted my personal relationships on ways I was not aware of at the time.
'Friends, Romans & Countryman lend me your ears' because your not worthy. That's how this initially made me feel. If I could lend Bob my ears, I surely would because they would come back more informed and better trained than I could ever have achieved and taken for granted all these years. Thank you Bob for sharing such an intimate part of your life it was both humbling and uplifting to come across a person so profoundly aware of the power of music. RIP Art Dudley.
Truly hearing someone's soul expressed as beautiful noise requires grace and suspension of any form of judgement in order to hear. Too many people just listen.
This guy enjoys music more than 99.9% of us audiophiles who can hear, because he's 100% focused on music, he doesn't have time to think about gear while music is playing, that's high-end, great video, thanks.
@@robertlichtenberg3739 Bob I really loved your interview and your connection to music and the special connection you felt to Art Dudley like so many of us had. Enjoy those beautiful speakers and thanks for sharing.
Amazing story! And what is also remarkable is how mammals (I see it with my Tom Cat also..) can connect to tones and music which seem to go directly into their souls.
As a music lover and father of an extraordinary daughter born profound deaf this video felt really heartwarming. She’s only 4, but you can already tell she enjoys music through her cochlear implants. I will definitely try the balloon to have her listen to music
Honestly, someone who is connected in these fields put this up for a sundance award or an oscar in the documentary catagory as this beautiful, sensitive and moving short film should be watched by a much wider audience than simply the audiophile community! For it is about humanity, about the power of the human spirit overcoming huge obstacles and about the threads of truth, beauty and emotion that connect us all wether we know someone personally or are simply touched by the gift they pass on to others, Thank you, this was incredibly moving and what the world needs to learn from at this point in history.
Oh, goodness....that would be great for Art! Anything to get people to read his work! He was a one of a kind, and if I daresay, influential to other audio reviewers.
I couldn’t have written this any more accurately if the words were coming from my own mouth. This knowledge needs to to shared with the word and not only the audio Community. Simply outstanding, educational and spot on. Bob sir, keep enjoying the music and let the good times keep spinning!
Thank you, Stereophile for posting this. Thank you for contributing to humankind being better. Thank you for giving us another chance to be more sensitive and empathetic
What a wonderful item, I'm so glad to have discovered deaf people have the ability to sense music. You learn something every day, this has been an amazing day !
Thank you Bob for sharing such a magnificent story. Art Dudley was the poet of our wonderful hobby and industry and showed us audiophiles the fun part of listening 👂 to music while respecting the audio gears that are responsible for this “reproduced” fun. His loudspeakers are in good hands 🙌👂
What a wonderful and powerful story-thank you for making this and sharing it. I own the Altec Valencias that Art reviewed in Stereophile, before he moved on to the Flamencos. I feel honored to have some small connection to Art; like many others, his writing spoke deeply to my own anachrophile tendencies, and gave me a sense of pride for all the old, musty tube gear, idler turntables, and ancient speakers that I've collected and repaired over the years. Art Dudley ¡Presente!
Hardships and trials in life cause us to appreciate life on a different level. Hardships help us to be thankful. I have a soft spot for the dis-advantaged in our communities but you Bob are more capable than I am, maybe I am the one who is dis-advantaged for being ungrateful, unthankful and too self-absorbed. I will listen to music with a different mindset after watching this interview. I sat quietly and listened to every word in this interview and was moved by his humility. There is a message here that is not spoken by words but by the heart. The man is the message, where there is a will there is a way. Thank you Stereophile.
I was deeply moved by this story! ... the best place to be for those precious Altecs without a doubt, where Bob performs his warm, meticulous and revealing musical evenings ... simply beautiful! Thanks Mr Devore.
to me this captures the heart-felt essence of music listening in the home and!!!! It is a beautiful Oscar-level production with the best narrater alive
Thank you, Herb. Along with Art, you are one of my favorite audio writers. I reread your gear reviews many times. We are both contrarians...two negatives making a positive. Will be in touch via email sometime soon.
Every aspect of this video dug so deeply into my heart and psyche. John, your words were so perfectly on point and had such true weight and meaning. Hearing Bob’s story was such a beautiful testament to the power of music and the human condition. It’s so wonderful to know that Art’s Altec’s are being enjoyed and used by him. I didn’t know Art, but the loss of him hit me extremely hard nonetheless. He was such an obviously unique and talented writer, not to mention, he as a person was just such a gift to us all. What an amazingly meaningful video on so many levels.
I agree. John DeVore did an absolutely fantastic homage to his dear friend Art with his narration, in addition to helping the family out. This is a great community. I hope to meet John someday!
I never comment on anything. This is an exception. What an incredible piece that shows the determination, inventiveness, and soul of humanity. Truly amazing. Wow
Can't believe I missed this piece. Right during all the madness. Very inspiring piece. This sorta puts this crazy hobby into perspective. Thank you Bob. Your a inspiration. Thank you John devore. Nobody could narrate this story better. We miss you art Dudley. Your writing and your sense of humor and your videos in your listening room.
Beautiful, beautiful story. And what a wonderful way to remind us all that the simplest thing about music, just happens to be the most beloved and wonderful part of it all... the pure enjoyment of just sitting down and enjoying it, and taking it all in. What more could one ask for in life, than the priceless joy of listening to and enjoying music, whenever we are so blessed to do so.
Totally blown away. Cried even.... I know how Bob feels about music, I share that emotion - it comes from and touches the soul - thats a given, but to learn the mechanics of hearing and watch how he listens is so exciting. The body is an amazing thing and putting a few dots together (deaf children learning to run around the playground using a kind of sonar to know when they are close to something) there is a hidden world that belongs to the deaf and one that intrigues me. Science mixed with pure emotion in this story. Stunning work and congratulations to Christopher Bell.
Bob I hope you read these comments. You are an inspiration! Also that’s a beautiful listening room you have. Thank you sterophile for making this video - it has moved me to tears
All of your comments are so inspiring to me! the listening room is a garage conversion built using principles from Master Handbook on Acoustics and Bob Harley's writeup about ASC Room Build tools. Great sounding space but a few more tweaks....the goal is even frequency response at all sound levels at the listening seat, a tough feat with a balloon.
@@robertlichtenberg3739 I am also a record nerd. I was diagnosed with Meniere's disease about 10 years ago, after suddenly losing 95% of my hearing in my right ear. All I hear in that ear is a constant ringing, coupled with what can be best described as whooshing sound. My biggest fear is losing my hearing in my left ear, which is already diminished from years of DJing. Anyway, you, sir, are an inspiration, and since you like psychedelic rock, I highly recommend checking the eponymous first release from a new band from Spain called Magick Brother and Mystic Sister. You'll think you're back in '67. Also, The Holy Trinity, a trio from Moscow, are amazing. You might like them, they remind me of Coven at times. Thank you for sharing your story!
@@thislazylife thanks. Am always trying to get leads on new music. I had tinnitus as a child but fortunately it only lasted a few years. Sudafed makes it recur. I am sorry u have it. I keep the volume ar 80-85 dB with the balloon, but it has to go close to 95-100 to hear up to mid bass and lower midrange without the balloon. In a way, the balloon is safer than hearing aids.
Makes sense. I remember sitting in stores where they had these leather sofas that would absorb the sound waves, it really made the experience a lot better so your entire body could feel the music.
When in the womb, fetuses experience sound as vibrations about 7 weeks before the ear canal opens, so the mapping of frequency and loudness is in the beginning a tactile one. That forms my theory of how tactile listening is related to hearing sound; both are vibration activated. The Pacinian corpuscles in the dermis is the equivalent of the cilia in the cochlea, almost down to the sodium ion filled cavities of both.
So touching and moving. As a lifelong music lover and audiophile the thought of losing my hearing is terrifying to me for many reasons. I've suffered from tinnitus from a young age (firecrackers, stadium rock concerts and carpentry) and I know that as I age my hearing will continue to get worse. I'm so inspired by this man and what he is capable of overcoming and doing. Humans can be so resilient and profound and this gentleman is certainly in that group of few. Peace.
A beautiful life story spotlighting so many things we take for granted, and often don’t consider, in the expression of art through music. The ability to hear what others don’t, or how others do, is so often misunderstood. Bob is blessed in ways that many of us cannot understand. Bob, if you are reading this, you are extraordinarily gifted. May your joy only ever increase as you experience music in a profoundly intimate way. And, thank you for sharing your life with us. Like you, I am grateful, for reasons not too dissimilar to yours. I am inspired beyond what can be expressed by mere words. Again, thank you.
Alan, you are very welcome and thank you for your kind words. I am looking to see if there are therapeutic applications for people with Alzheimer's and autism spectrum disorders.
Thank you for sharing this. An inspiring story. I was in tears. May Art rest in peace, and may folks like Bob always find the way to enjoy the beauty of music.
Really an hearth touching experience, this guy is by far more near the Music than most of all audiophiles all around the world. I have a great respect and really admire him.
Thank you, everyone, for the kind comments about my film. While I am not a religious person, there was some sort of divine intervention that brought me, Bob, Erik, John and Art together. When I met Bob I knew his story needed to be told. Yes it's a story about overcoming adversity, but more importantly it's about the love of music and way it shapes and effects our lives. A subject Art wrote about often. Music is life... Bob could not have said it better.
It was indeed divine intervention that we met that day. The gods of sound have a keen sense of timing and planning...I truly thank you for your very warm friendship and this work together. I will go to my grave with a smile.
Bob you are Great 👍 it amazes me what you have accomplished and that you can feel music like I do or anyone else who is not deaf. Music is emotion and i am shure you feel that at least as good as anyone else probably better 😀 have fun. Cheers Elderin.
John, Thanks for making this very moving and insightful video. It's beautiful. I met Eric in his store 2 years ago and liked his approach to merchandising. This video tells everyone how much more we need to learn about hearing. How/why it operates as it does. Now I want to own some of your speakers just to say thank you. Keep it up!!
Its such an honest statement he made music is Universal it dont matter what language you speak you can still understand music all of us hear it the same way . ✔👍🍻🎼🎵🎶
Absolutely Amazing! I am so glad that him and many like him can enjoy their passion of music . One of the best videos I have seen on TH-cam, Thank You for sharing ! 👍
Bob, I too have a fairly significant hearing loss but still enjoy music immensely. I’m wondering what volume level you most enjoy listening to, or should I say, sensing, the music? And what’s your favorite musical piece, if you have one? Good health, Bob. You are an inspiration. Would love to meet you one day.
Hi, I usually listen at 80 to 85 dB. Higher frequencies need more volume to be discernible from one another and that starts at about 70 dB. I mainly listen to jazz and Blues , Americana, female vocals and piano.
As someone who has lost much of their hearing (due to cruel circumstance (a virus of all things)) and has a lot of hifi equipment I can really relate to re-learning how to appreciate music. I am not delighted with the situation but after 3 years I have finally got to the point where I can sometimes enjoy music again.
Was the balloon a new concept for you and do you plan to get one?
I have that, too.
@@stringtheorymedia Unfortunately I was about 48 when this happened so this method is likely realistically not possible. I did look to get one but in the UK I could not find one. I can still hear though so that would likely also impact how effective this could be. My hearing is at the level where I have been offered hearing aids but I don't 'need' them. When I talk to people one on one I am okay. If there is any noise such as TV or air-conditioning I have to guess about 50% of words. I can never go out for a meal because I can only hear maybe 10% of words at best. I also have reverse slope hearing loss so anything below about 200hz is gone - that completely kills so many music genres. So that is where I am at. This has been more devastating for me than some hence my delay to answer...I wasn't even sure I could answer.
@@andrewharbut7488 Is your situation similar to mine...I just added more information to the thread about mine (I responded to stringtheorymedia
's question)?
@@markphillips1509 Mark, I very much relate to your sentiments. 11 years ago when I was 30, I woke up one day with bad vertigo and terrible tinnitus in my right ear. Despite several courses of steroids and antivirals, I was left with a very steep roll off above 200 Hz. (At 90 db my word recognition score is under 30 percent, so it’s not correctable with a hearing aid). Worse than the deafness is the the tinnitus - as you mentioned, restaurants are impossible - the louder the ambient noise, the louder the tinnitus. I have been a semi professional musician my entire life and an amateur recording engineer and producer for most of it as well. My older brother is a hard core audio file - which is how I saw this piece.
There are some promising treatments and regenerative medicine, but that’s still a few years away. If I have one regret, that I did not seek talk therapy Sooner, as the reality is that you are likely dealing with a major loss and grief issues, and for me, that impacted my personal relationships on ways I was not aware of at the time.
'Friends, Romans & Countryman lend me your ears' because your not worthy. That's how this initially made me feel.
If I could lend Bob my ears, I surely would because they would come back more informed and better trained than I could ever have achieved and taken for granted all these years.
Thank you Bob for sharing such an intimate part of your life it was both humbling and uplifting to come across a person so profoundly aware of the power of music.
RIP Art Dudley.
The most soulful audiophile video clip ever made, in which listening is an act of grace and humanity. The rest of us could do more of that.
Truly hearing someone's soul expressed as beautiful noise requires grace and suspension of any form of judgement in order to hear. Too many people just listen.
This guy enjoys music more than 99.9% of us audiophiles who can hear, because he's 100% focused on music, he doesn't have time to think about gear while music is playing, that's high-end, great video, thanks.
Astonishingly moving. What a gift this is; may the memory of Art Dudley continue to inspire listeners like Bob, and like us.
This was a beautiful piece. Thank you Stereophile and John DeVore. Most of all, thank you Bob for sharing your story and your thoughts.
Yes, this really expresses the true meaning of an audiophile.
John D. is a class act, makes some fabulous speakers, and has impeccable taste in jazz.
Paul M> You are most welcome.
@@robertlichtenberg3739 Bob I really loved your interview and your connection to music and the special connection you felt to Art Dudley like so many of us had. Enjoy those beautiful speakers and thanks for sharing.
My thoughts exactly..
This simply brought tears to my eyes
Amazing story! And what is also remarkable is how mammals (I see it with my Tom Cat also..) can connect to tones and music which seem to go directly into their souls.
As a music lover and father of an extraordinary daughter born profound deaf this video felt really heartwarming. She’s only 4, but you can already tell she enjoys music through her cochlear implants. I will definitely try the balloon to have her listen to music
Hope she enjoys the experience.
Honestly, someone who is connected in these fields put this up for a sundance award or an oscar in the documentary catagory as this beautiful, sensitive and moving short film should be watched by a much wider audience than simply the audiophile community!
For it is about humanity, about the power of the human spirit overcoming huge obstacles and about the threads of truth, beauty and emotion that connect us all wether we know someone personally or are simply touched by the gift they pass on to others, Thank you, this was incredibly moving and what the world needs to learn from at this point in history.
Hell, yes!
Excellent video and excellent comment.
Thanks for your kind words. I made this film to tell Bob's story to the world. Please share.
Oh, goodness....that would be great for Art! Anything to get people to read his work! He was a one of a kind, and if I daresay, influential to other audio reviewers.
I couldn’t have written this any more accurately if the words were coming from my own mouth.
This knowledge needs to to shared with the word and not only the audio Community.
Simply outstanding, educational and spot on.
Bob sir, keep enjoying the music and let the good times keep spinning!
Music is life. Well done all!
People take for granted the pleasure that makes listening to music. Nothing is impossible
I didn’t expect to be crying on this Friday evening.
Most beautiful and inspiring audiophile video I have ever seen.
Thank you, Stereophile for posting this. Thank you for contributing to humankind being better. Thank you for giving us another chance to be more sensitive and empathetic
What a wonderful item, I'm so glad to have discovered deaf people have the ability to sense music. You learn something every day, this has been an amazing day !
Thank you Bob for sharing such a magnificent story. Art Dudley was the poet of our wonderful hobby and industry and showed us audiophiles the fun part of listening 👂 to music while respecting the audio gears that are responsible for this “reproduced” fun. His loudspeakers are in good hands 🙌👂
What a wonderful and powerful story-thank you for making this and sharing it. I own the Altec Valencias that Art reviewed in Stereophile, before he moved on to the Flamencos. I feel honored to have some small connection to Art; like many others, his writing spoke deeply to my own anachrophile tendencies, and gave me a sense of pride for all the old, musty tube gear, idler turntables, and ancient speakers that I've collected and repaired over the years. Art Dudley ¡Presente!
Hardships and trials in life cause us to appreciate life on a different level.
Hardships help us to be thankful.
I have a soft spot for the dis-advantaged in our communities but you Bob are more capable than I am, maybe I am the one who is dis-advantaged for being ungrateful, unthankful and too self-absorbed.
I will listen to music with a different mindset after watching this interview.
I sat quietly and listened to every word in this interview and was moved by his humility.
There is a message here that is not spoken by words but by the heart.
The man is the message, where there is a will there is a way.
Thank you Stereophile.
Wow... How beautiful is this! really moved by this. 🙏
I was deeply moved by this story! ... the best place to be for those precious Altecs without a doubt, where Bob performs his warm, meticulous and revealing musical evenings ... simply beautiful! Thanks Mr Devore.
Every audiophile, every music lover - every human! - should watch this. Fascinating, inspiring, touching beyond words. Thank you to all involved.
to me this captures the heart-felt essence of music listening in the home and!!!! It is a beautiful Oscar-level production with the best narrater alive
Thank you, Herb. Along with Art, you are one of my favorite audio writers. I reread your gear reviews many times. We are both contrarians...two negatives making a positive. Will be in touch via email sometime soon.
Every aspect of this video dug so deeply into my heart and psyche. John, your words were so perfectly on point and had such true weight and meaning. Hearing Bob’s story was such a beautiful testament to the power of music and the human condition. It’s so wonderful to know that Art’s Altec’s are being enjoyed and used by him. I didn’t know Art, but the loss of him hit me extremely hard nonetheless. He was such an obviously unique and talented writer, not to mention, he as a person was just such a gift to us all. What an amazingly meaningful video on so many levels.
Thank you!
I agree. John DeVore did an absolutely fantastic homage to his dear friend Art with his narration, in addition to helping the family out. This is a great community. I hope to meet John someday!
If I lost my hearing or eyesight, I’d probably have a nervous breakdown. This guy is amazing
So well put together, so heartwarming.
This is a masterpiece!
This video was not only profoundly moving, it was also extremely well done. Thank you.
The world needs more of this. Thank you.
I never comment on anything. This is an exception. What an incredible piece that shows the determination, inventiveness, and soul of humanity. Truly amazing. Wow
Excellent piece Stereophile. Award worthy 🙏 Well done Christopher Bell.
Thank you!
Christopher Bell is a genius!
What a loving tribute and connection. Reminds me of a parallel with Beethoven who composed his greatest works while deaf
Can't believe I missed this piece. Right during all the madness. Very inspiring piece. This sorta puts this crazy hobby into perspective. Thank you Bob. Your a inspiration. Thank you John devore. Nobody could narrate this story better. We miss you art Dudley. Your writing and your sense of humor and your videos in your listening room.
Beautiful, beautiful story. And what a wonderful way to remind us all that the simplest thing about music, just happens to be the most beloved and wonderful part of it all... the pure enjoyment of just sitting down and enjoying it, and taking it all in. What more could one ask for in life, than the priceless joy of listening to and enjoying music, whenever we are so blessed to do so.
amen!
Totally blown away. Cried even.... I know how Bob feels about music, I share that emotion - it comes from and touches the soul - thats a given, but to learn the mechanics of hearing and watch how he listens is so exciting. The body is an amazing thing and putting a few dots together (deaf children learning to run around the playground using a kind of sonar to know when they are close to something) there is a hidden world that belongs to the deaf and one that intrigues me. Science mixed with pure emotion in this story. Stunning work and congratulations to Christopher Bell.
Thank You for your kinds words Fiona.
Thank you. Chris is a gem!
Bob I hope you read these comments. You are an inspiration! Also that’s a beautiful listening room you have. Thank you sterophile for making this video - it has moved me to tears
All of your comments are so inspiring to me! the listening room is a garage conversion built using principles from Master Handbook on Acoustics and Bob Harley's writeup about ASC Room Build tools. Great sounding space but a few more tweaks....the goal is even frequency response at all sound levels at the listening seat, a tough feat with a balloon.
@@robertlichtenberg3739 The bus came and you got on. So did I. Hey now!
@@robertlichtenberg3739 I am also a record nerd. I was diagnosed with Meniere's disease about 10 years ago, after suddenly losing 95% of my hearing in my right ear. All I hear in that ear is a constant ringing, coupled with what can be best described as whooshing sound. My biggest fear is losing my hearing in my left ear, which is already diminished from years of DJing. Anyway, you, sir, are an inspiration, and since you like psychedelic rock, I highly recommend checking the eponymous first release from a new band from Spain called Magick Brother and Mystic Sister. You'll think you're back in '67. Also, The Holy Trinity, a trio from Moscow, are amazing. You might like them, they remind me of Coven at times. Thank you for sharing your story!
@@thislazylife thanks. Am always trying to get leads on new music. I had tinnitus as a child but fortunately it only lasted a few years. Sudafed makes it recur. I am sorry u have it. I keep the volume ar 80-85 dB with the balloon, but it has to go close to 95-100 to hear up to mid bass and lower midrange without the balloon.
In a way, the balloon is safer than hearing aids.
Makes complete sense to me. Such a beautiful thing. Thank you for this gift.
Makes sense. I remember sitting in stores where they had these leather sofas that would absorb the sound waves, it really made the experience a lot better so your entire body could feel the music.
When in the womb, fetuses experience sound as vibrations about 7 weeks before the ear canal opens, so the mapping of frequency and loudness is in the beginning a tactile one. That forms my theory of how tactile listening is related to hearing sound; both are vibration activated. The Pacinian corpuscles in the dermis is the equivalent of the cilia in the cochlea, almost down to the sodium ion filled cavities of both.
So touching and moving. As a lifelong music lover and audiophile the thought of losing my hearing is terrifying to me for many reasons. I've suffered from tinnitus from a young age (firecrackers, stadium rock concerts and carpentry) and I know that as I age my hearing will continue to get worse. I'm so inspired by this man and what he is capable of overcoming and doing. Humans can be so resilient and profound and this gentleman is certainly in that group of few. Peace.
Beautiful ...we miss you Mr.Dudley ...🙏🙏🎼🇨🇦
Amazing! Bob, there is a lot of guesswork for us who hear! LOL. Such a heartwarming piece. 👍
Absolutely beautiful. Loved Art’s writing and this was a moving tribute. Thank you.
A beautiful life story spotlighting so many things we take for granted, and often don’t consider, in the expression of art through music. The ability to hear what others don’t, or how others do, is so often misunderstood. Bob is blessed in ways that many of us cannot understand. Bob, if you are reading this, you are extraordinarily gifted. May your joy only ever increase as you experience music in a profoundly intimate way. And, thank you for sharing your life with us. Like you, I am grateful, for reasons not too dissimilar to yours. I am inspired beyond what can be expressed by mere words. Again, thank you.
Alan, you are very welcome and thank you for your kind words. I am looking to see if there are therapeutic applications for people with Alzheimer's and autism spectrum disorders.
Powerful video! Thank You for sharing this.
Beautiful hommage. Bravo to all who did this film.
Beautiful, stunning, incredible, brought tears to my eyes!!!
A heartwarming account of adapting to adversity. We have often untapped abilities; Beethoven is musical proof of that.
Who would've thought a deaf person could become an audiophile. I found it to be incredibly touching to me thanks stereophile for this awesome video.
This was refreshing and lovely on many levels! Thanks to all those involved.
Thank you, Julie. Have always loved your reviews.
Thanks Julie!
Very interesting, wonder what he would think of our kingdom songs.
Thanks for sharing.
Larry & me thank you for all your help & friendship.
Wonderful story. Opened my mind in being more aware. Thank you so much for sharing this.
Thank you for sharing this. An inspiring story. I was in tears. May Art rest in peace, and may folks like Bob always find the way to enjoy the beauty of music.
And this is what it is all about. BRAVO!
This is profound! Hugely grateful for this reminder of what universal joy and divine intelligence is accessible through music.
Music is life, indeed. Thank you to everyone involved for bringing this to us.
Chris Bell da Man!
“The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music” Kurt Vonnegut
I don’t know, have you listed to modern Bro County?
Also everyone knows Satan has the best collection.
Beautiful and humbling - puts it all into perspective. Music is life.
Wonderful film about an amazing and insightful man. Thank you to you both!
Thanks to all involved in making this video. Great, touching stuff.
I deleted 3 posts before this one. Such a beautiful video!!!
Really an hearth touching experience, this guy is by far more near the Music than most of all audiophiles all around the world. I have a great respect and really admire him.
Awesome post! Thank You!
Beautiful. I’m so moved by this video. Thank you for it.
An amazing man who overcame his disability of being deaf. Art Dudley would be happy and so proud.
Incredible. I'm sitting here speechless..
WOW. Just proves some can do more incredible things without than others can do with... beautiful stuff man!
Simply beautiful. This is truly the interconnectedness of life.
Thank you, everyone, for the kind comments about my film. While I am not a religious person, there was some sort of divine intervention that brought me, Bob, Erik, John and Art together. When I met Bob I knew his story needed to be told. Yes it's a story about overcoming adversity, but more importantly it's about the love of music and way it shapes and effects our lives. A subject Art wrote about often. Music is life... Bob could not have said it better.
It was indeed divine intervention that we met that day. The gods of sound have a keen sense of timing and planning...I truly thank you for your very warm friendship and this work together. I will go to my grave with a smile.
Wow. I’m at a loss for words. Happy tears.
Brilliant story, well told.
This is a beautiful story. Humbling and inspiring. Thank you.
I love music...this clip moved me very much.
What a moving piece 👏
RIP Art Dudley 🙏
One of my friends had extreme hearing issues yet he had a massive van full of subwoofers I could hear him a mile away.
Amazing and i will never ever complain about my tinnitus again...What a great video Stereophile.
That is beautiful. Sound is vibration.
Outstanding , a beautifully composed visual rumination on the auditory, thank you 🙏
Bob you are Great 👍 it amazes me what you have accomplished and that you can feel music like I do or anyone else who is not deaf.
Music is emotion and i am shure you feel that at least as good as anyone else probably better 😀 have fun. Cheers Elderin.
Beautiful tribute. Thank you.
Thank you very much Stereophile
Made me cry. 😭 This expanded my horizon.
John,
Thanks for making this very moving and insightful video. It's beautiful. I met Eric in his store 2 years ago and liked his approach to merchandising.
This video tells everyone how much more we need to learn about hearing. How/why it operates as it does. Now I want to own some of your speakers just to say thank you. Keep it up!!
Thank you!
Its such an honest statement he made music is Universal it dont matter what language you speak you can still understand music all of us hear it the same way . ✔👍🍻🎼🎵🎶
What a sweet, sweet, sweet person!
Absolutely Amazing! I am so glad that him and many like him can enjoy their passion of music . One of the best videos I have seen on TH-cam, Thank You for sharing ! 👍
Amazing, inspiring and uplifting. RIP Art.
Thank you. This is incredibly heartwarming and really just strengthens my appreciation for music.
Fantastic! Thank you.
This was so touching and fantastically done. Thank you!
That made my night. What a sound dude.
Bob, I too have a fairly significant hearing loss but still enjoy music immensely. I’m wondering what volume level you most enjoy listening to, or should I say, sensing, the music? And what’s your favorite musical piece, if you have one? Good health, Bob. You are an inspiration. Would love to meet you one day.
Hi, I usually listen at 80 to 85 dB. Higher frequencies need more volume to be discernible from one another and that starts at about 70 dB.
I mainly listen to jazz and Blues , Americana, female vocals and piano.
What a beautiful, beautiful video! Thank you Stereophile and thank you Mr DeVore!
What a great story. Listen with your whole body. Keep the focus.
Wow ... just wow, this is beautiful.
Thanks for this deeply enlightening video.
Thank you so very much for posting this.
Incredible!!’ I’m still in tears !
We all have to learn from Bob. Respect man, you're an example for us all.
Thank you, Stefano. I learned so much from my audio dealer, Erik Owen. Without him, I'd probably be playing with Bose speakers, LOL!
Enjoyed that. Keep listening Bob, inspirational.
I will keep truckin' on.....like the doo-dah man....
Just wow!
Thank you all for sharing.
huge fan of Mr. Fremer. he is stylish. very very intelligent and is the reason for me to start listening to LPs. Love you Sir.