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The sense of smell evokes memories, while the sense of hearing evokes emotions

MrD, you touched upon this in your recent post.
I thought it was a subject worth discussing here.
Music can move us through emotional connection, it is well known.
A question for all of you.
Does playing your music on your system increase emotional connection more than playing it through a less HiFi system? 
One aspect of audio equipment marketing is for it's technical ability to bring us closer to the music by "getting out of the way" disappearing as some reviewers say. Suppose there was a speaker or amp that excelled in providing emotional connection, but measured poorly. Would you be willing to disregard the measurements and just go with your ears or  your heart and soul? I believe that SET / horns systems are an example of this. This is not about promoting SET / horns, but just brought up as an example that some people may have already reached this conclusion. Just my thoughts, I welcome civilized and rational comments. I am open to those with a deeper understanding of this subject.
Dennis

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geoffkait
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Good luck in your endeavors.
djones51
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There is no other way for humans to listen to music except through our senses unless your "speaker" is going to connect directly to the brain. 
capstan OP
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djones51 My speaker does rely on sense of hearing and it sounds great.
 No brain connection. I will leave that to Elon Musk.
I don't pretend to understand what's going on with my speaker.
I found this "effect" when playing around as many of us do with speakers as a tweek. I have modified an existing well known speaker and have set up a A  / B test. Modified pair vs. unmodified pair and can switch on the fly to demo. 
Dennis

djones51
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That makes more sense. Perhaps I misunderstood but it looked like you said other paths to receive information other than sensory perception. I am affraid our senses are  the only path we have unless we evolve or start connecting to the brain. 
capstan OP
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djones51 No, you did not misunderstand. I did say that. 
I suspect that there is something going on beyond perception using the sense of hearing. That might provable through the second application that I mentioned.
It might be verified by increased rate of germination of seeds. Certain music, (classical music mostly) has been scientifically proven to increase the rate of seed germination in real clinical research. The first application is for us audiophiles to enjoy as the result is lower distortion and deeper soundstage through hearing. As I said this is uncharted territory and even I have trouble believing it's possible.  That's why I'm reaching out to other audiophiles. I would like to prove it one way or another.
Then I could move on with my life if it's all a figment of my imagination.
But I just can't let it go until then.
Dennis
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