Qualities Of An End-game System

"End Game" seems like a variable term defined by expectations. reaching expectations is the end. so my ’end game’ would be different than yours.

There is a catch there...Expectations may be dependent on what a listener may have had prior exposure to, what he even knew is possible (or exposure to something that gave him a feel for what is possible). If he didn’t have any concept of what is possible, he wouldn’t know any better.

The perception of disappearing speakers is fairly easy for someone who’s been around (knows some stuff). Making the room disappear takes more work, investigations into room acoustics, planning and investment, as you may know.

Making the listener himself disappear/shutting his mind’s nonsense down.....making the actor recede so only the act remains requires something serious. Throwing cash at anything/spending cash in the wrong places doesn’t get one there.

But....I’m still stuck trying to define What might our OP might consider in

Sex, drugs, etc can’t come even remotely close to such an experience of pure audio nirvana.

Lets’ see: We could agree that one doesn’t last as long (unless ’unusually inspired’ or indulging in the second) which can outlast the third in some ways..

What stops my prop is:

What does ’’etc." Really Entail....? Hmm... @deep_333 ?

I’m all eyes... *L* ;)

There are other "etcs" besides sex and drugs.

Sex - Once you have enough of it, it is not all that much of a thrill even when it is the most attractive partner. Maybe, guys who haven’t gotten laid all that much exalt it a bit too much.

Drugs, liqor - For many a habitual user out there, it is no longer some god sent euphoria. It is just managing to get the bare fix for the day..

The other "etcs" could vary from person to person, of course.

I wonder if folks have become too insensitized to just everything... For example, i could be riding my motorcycle on rural roads enveloped with the wind i could feel really good. I could fast for a day, visit my fav thai restaurant and i could feel really really good. I could practice certain forms of meditation for a certain period and it could produce varying forms of ecstasy.

Audio nirvana stands on its own for me, unmatched. The emotions, minds of all kinds of different artists...the melodies, etc all pour into my room and we just dissolve together in an ecstatic fashion.