Things that help me include yoga and meditation, having an appealing environment to listen in, staying away from tv, and minimizing any fatigue inducing aspects of my gear, and of course listening to music I find interesting. Including a lot of giving new music a try and not always listening to the same stuff, no matter how much I might like it. |
However accomplished, you have to avoid any distractions and
yes really be able to focus to get lost, whether that comes
naturally or more commonly if it requires a lot of effort.
Bottom line is you must FOCUS!
Don't know about any "higher planes" of conscience,
but yoga is a lot about being able to get by everyday
distractions and focus on how you are feeling, both physically
and mentally. |
There are no rules (yet) regarding the right or wrong way to listen. Hopefully we never come to that.
It's a hobby. Hobbies are for fun! That's the only requirement. Nothing else really matters.
I am a techie so I enjoy the technical aspects of what goes into good listening. Its a very synergistic pair of interests since technology is the thing that enables us to listen to recorded music.
In situations where one wnts to be able to enjoy something but finds they cannot, my best advice is to keep it as simple as possible. Audiophiles tend to do the opposite over time, always making things more complex than perhaps they need to be? Avoid that trap. Keep it simple. Once you have something simple that works for you, then maybe try to make it better, but beware the traps that come along with any form of excessive compulsive behavior. |
Yeah, as a kid, when I was far less obsessed with "good sound" I used to get lost listening to FM on a little Panasonic handheld transistor radio.
I suppose its a good idea to know one is capable of getting lost in music first before going too crazy about good sound. After all, in order to find out, there are many easy and even free ways to listen to music without a high end system or even any "system" at all.
Why would anyone spend time trying to get "good sound" otherwise? I suppose there are many examples of how people may act irrationally, so why should litening to music be any different? |
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"When you first experience the euphoria of being completely swept away by the sheer beauty and power of music that reaches you emotionally... well, you've found your drug. "
I like that!
We all respond differently. Chemical treatments may be an easy, useful and needed tweak sometimes, but personally I greatly appreciate not requiring that in order to get lost in the music.
Its an interesting question to consider how one that is not able to get lost in music knows that this is something that they can or really want to be able to do? I would have to assume that each of us has found themselves lost in the music at some point, if not at home, then elsewhere perhaps, at a friends, a dealer, an audio show, concert, listening to the musical sounds of nature, whatever.
At that point, maybe the best strategy in general is to do whatever you can to understand what led to success "getting lost in the music" on any particular occasion when it occurred, and then use that information to help find your way at home.
THat;s a very general recipe I know, but I truly belive you cannot hit a target until you know what it is and you only really know in this case when you have actually heard it. |
I am continually lost in the music in that once a note is played, it is gone....but then the next one comes along.....and so on...and so on. No way to preserve any special moment in time perfectly, music or otherwise. Each moment is fleeting... it comes and goes just as fast, becoming just a memory. Gotta look ahead and just try to get as lost as possible in the upcoming moments that are possible and matter, musically and otherwise. Passion is part of the fuel that makes any worthwhile journey possible I suppose. |
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Good point! It helps to be able to carve out the time. A constant rushed lifestyle is probably not conducive to the traditional audiophile thing.
Maybe the trend towards more rushed lifestyles these days in general is one of the biggest barriers towards more people getting into home audio? Hence, the trend towards the more portable solutions, some of which can sound pretty darn good as well, at least on their own terms.
Sure beats the transistor radios and walkmans of years past in regards to sound quality.
I'm sure there are many that get lost in the music listening to their ipods while on the run.
Newer Ipods are not bad for what they are I find and there aare some very fine quality earbuds with both good tonality and detail available as upgrades over the standard issue ones. |
I use the Klipsch s4 buds with my Squeezebox radio in the
bedroom. Buds are an acquired taste, and fit and comfort
can be tricky, but these sound pretty darn good when
properly fitted. Also very good at the pool with Pandora
and internet radio on ipod touch.
Won't be replacing my home hifi stuff anytime soon though.
I also have smaller Stax electret phones on my family room
system for years. These are very nice sounding and easy on
the ear. |
I can only get lost in my good hifi gear these days. Standards are too high. I can listen to a lot of other lesser stuff down to ipods and table radios, but only get lost in the best.
WHen I was a kid, I got lost in teh best I had then, which was a transistor radio, portable 8-track, compact phono, portable cassette, Sanyo all in 1 integrated whatever.
It gets harder once standards go up, no doubt.
Ignorance can be bliss!!!!!!! |
So here's the dilemma.
If you have high standards in regards to what sounds good, there can be no going back.
So the more you spend and the more you tweak and the more you obsess, the more you become doomed perhaps to never being able to settle for anything less.
Its the American dilemma in general in a nutshell, I suppose.
Maybe we'll learn some lessons for our next life, whatever that may be. |
Tost,
Yes, that does happen to me as well on occasion in the car when not in a rush, etc.
But when it does, next I want to hear what I heard at home with my good gear to get the full experience.
Some car systems are very good! My current ones are just so so, but being locked in a car for a period of time is certainly conducive to getting lost. HArder to do at home with distractions, etc. sometimes. |
