mahgister
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Critical listening and altered states @mahgister Thanks for expanding on the topic of "perception as a creative act". Now, another question: I knew my acoustical optimization of my AKG K340 hibryd was done well when i cranked up the highs with tone controls and equalization be... | |
Critical listening and altered states We would understand each other well , we had done similar things using different paths and solutions for different system in completely different room, but we know the importance of acoustics control... I had used in a smaller room than you a b... | |
Critical listening and altered states I knew my acoustical optimization of my AKG K340 hibryd was done well when i cranked up the highs with tone controls and equalization because the violin sound was enebriating like an angelic silk thread... If a system dont gave enough bass ... | |
Does other Audiogon members' opinion carry any weight for you ? I read your thoughts an opinion here since i am here i think... Then even if we can disagree i cannot but consider you a "friend" like some far off family member with which i can agree or disagree, it does not change the feeling relation. If we... | |
Does other Audiogon members' opinion carry any weight for you ? i had learned from others here, but the reason i am here, being retired, is now because i appreciated each characters from which i read the posts... my audio system is well and answer to my needs, i learned what to do to install it... i came bac... | |
Critical listening and altered states I will add that music is naturally, never mind acoustic and audio, an altered states of consciousness and the most universally used. Speech is a musical gesture socially and individually synchronized with Nature... Each perception may become ... | |
Critical listening and altered states One of the most impactful and deep effect of THC in concentrated form on me the few times i tried it listening music, was not so much on my acoustic perception , which seems increased, but on the visual perception of the musical content meaning ... | |
"audiophiles listen to their equipment" There is audiophiles focusing on gear upgrades without end because they can afford it... They ignore acoustics controls...( at best they buy panels) There is non audiophiles who pay the least for the gear and claimed their system beat audiophil... | |
Critical listening and altered states I appreciated very much your posts and experience... I am retired and i did a set of intense experiments in acoustic 7 day /7 for 2 years... I tuned 100 Helmholtz resonators and learned about the importance of their localization in the room and ... | |
Critical listening and altered states "Each perception can be a creative act" ... I’m going to have to muse on that one! Perception may be a robotic act of recognition by the "robotic ego" as in recognizing a known store on a known road... Perception can be too an act of creat... | |
Does other Audiogon members' opinion carry any weight for you ? Everybody can help us here and many helped me in a direct and indirect way...( for the gear pieces or for advices or for musical inspiration or for discussing acoustics concepts even ASR members lost here ;) ) The list i could give will be numer... | |
Critical listening and altered states Great post thanks. In this case audiophilia is an affliction in which, just like other addictive drugs, tolerance may be reached which means even greater amounts/better equipment needed to maintain the high. Now, the above contingent ... | |
Critical listening and altered states Cannabis is relaxing and can make the "flowing state " easier for a musician... But in some case it can be handicapping as for Chet Baker....Heroin is not pot... Interesting article thanks... https://www.leafly.com/news/lifestyle/louis-arms... | |
Critical listening and altered states I will go further, if listening music is not already an altered state of consciousness for you, you have a big problem...It is a kind of deafness which also is in the neurological litterature... Even speech sound and musicality can induce an alte... | |
DAC 'Scam' Vid To perceive a difference in dac or not on the same price level or not, the room/system/ ears/brain history and parameters are fundamental... Period. |