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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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twoleftears
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Whenever listening to my system I'm always sure to have a nice cup of tea and dunk a madeleine in it.  Mmmmm.
capstan OP
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bdp24 Excellent point. I love to hear about examples of how better HIFI provides more information or cues that increase the our enjoyment.
I'm not trying to discredit the value of a better HIFI. My thrill of audio reproduction has always come from examples such as yours.

geoffait I'm afraid my OP has been detoured to seem like I'm referring to sensory perception when in fact what I'm alluding to is that are other paths such as emotional connection to receive information from loudspeakers in my case. 
I am working on a way to increase that emotional connection through the use of a supplemental driver in a speaker system.
It has the additional benefits of lower distortion, deeper soundstage, etc.
I can only say that I'm unaware of anyone who has ever attempted this 
approach and it might be for good reason. That reason being that it is just not possible. I am familiar with "beltism" BTW.
I am carefully avoiding any association with snake oil tweeks as this could easily be dismissed as such.
I am looking for validation, first through people listening and then if I get encouraging results through the usual test and measurement. 
There is a second application for this technology if I may be so bold to call it that, that is beyond it's use as an audio enhancement that is irrelevant to this discussion, the second use could be verified or busted through scientific research that is beyond my capabilities at this time.
I cannot reveal exactly what this is because I am looking to bring a product to market. I have no resources to make this happen at this time.
I am not discouraged by my lack of resources because I believe that if I'm truly on to something, it is significant enough that I will create a new movement or maybe a niche that will fuel itself into fruition. I am fully aware the the stupidity of launching another speaker co in a world of filled with hundreds and will gladly go back under my rock, (but still enjoy it personally for the rest of my life) if proven wrong. 
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

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