{"id":7339,"date":"2022-10-18T11:52:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T15:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/?p=7339"},"modified":"2022-10-18T11:52:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T15:52:33","slug":"a-reflection-on-hifi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/a-reflection-on-hifi\/","title":{"rendered":"A Reflection on Hifi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Amy Hansen, Nordost Product Trainer and Sales Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes I can\u2019t help but reflect on the journey that led me to where I am today. For me, that journey has culminated (so far) into a great love for the industry that I have the privilege to be a part of\u2014hifi audio.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If anyone had told me back in my college days, studying Criminology and Sociology, that at age 50 I\u2019d be knee-deep in the quirky world of hifi audio,\u00a0surrounded by audiophiles, I\u2019d probably reply, \u201cWhat\u2019s an audiophile??\u201d. Ten years ago, I stumbled my way into the hifi industry and have never for a second wanted to be anywhere else since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nordost opened the doors to this new world for me.&nbsp; A world of music, people who love music, artists, audiophiles, audiophile shows (I\u2019m one of the weirdos who love trade shows!), manufacturers who are driven to replicate music as it was intended to be heard, and my beloved HiFi Dealers, who support the habit they love so much. Leave out any one of these key components, and I would probably be watching the clock at a desk-job somewhere, totally unaware of the music missing from my life.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s face it, what are we all doing in this hobby if not enjoying music and the artists who make it?\u00a0 Like most, I\u2019ve always loved music and the emotions it allows you to feel.\u00a0 It can get you pumped for a night out (okay \u2013 maybe for me that was years ago, but I still remember it), it can transform you, make you cry, make you laugh, motivate and inspire you to push on, connect you to strangers, make you think of someone you love or a lost love, it can talk to you without words, or even put you to sleep.\u00a0 I had never quite realized how important music really was to me until I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer in 2018.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot_20220826-095820_Gallery-498x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot_20220826-095820_Gallery-498x1024.jpg 498w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot_20220826-095820_Gallery-146x300.jpg 146w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot_20220826-095820_Gallery-768x1579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot_20220826-095820_Gallery-747x1536.jpg 747w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot_20220826-095820_Gallery-996x2048.jpg 996w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot_20220826-095820_Gallery.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 85vw, 498px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to being a music lover, I have always been a runner. 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