The Biggest Upgrade Possible?

Our brains are wireless recievers. We need to shut down all the other processes in our heads to get into the listening-mode. Typically 15-20 minutes listening before we are "on", on a good day.

One of my weirder "tweaks" is to apply some lotion on my ears (backside is important) if they feels dry from soap and showering. Not only do this echo (yes) but the ears likes some massage now and then. And off course, I like to have a single malt in reach from my (velour-)chair, Bomore 12yo right now. 

unfairlane
Our brains are wireless recievers (sic). We need to shut down all the other processes in our heads to get into the listening-mode. Typically 15-20 minutes listening before we are "on", on a good day.

>>>>That’s an interesting point! And I agree the brain 🧠 is like a wireless receiver. But the brain 🧠 receives not only conscious information, and holds over conscious information, but also receives and holds over subconscious information. You can sometimes block out “bad” conscious information that interferes with listening enjoyment or decreases hearing acuity, but it might not be so easy to do so. There are obviously lots of emotionally disturbing things going on in the world non-stop 24/7. I suppose you could cut yourself off completely from the outside world, I realize some people do. But how do you block out subconscious information? And what is the “bad subconscious information” I’m referring to? That would be a good place to start, no?

Here are some random examples of what I mean: pictures on the wall of military aircraft, a bookcase filled with books, cellphones, piggy 🐷 bank filled with coins, Bookcase filled with LPs or CDs 💿 clocks ⏰ batteries, wire that carries AC, including floor lamps, air humidifiers, computers and even audio equipment (!) and barcodes on CD jewel cases, books, etc.

@pkvintage, "Rich or poor keep searching to achieve those 10/10 happy scale moments. Happy is just plain happy. Period. It’s what we live for."

Good advice, so so easy to forget. Memories are always important to sustain us as we go forward. It would be heartbreaking to not have enough happy ones. Like yourself, my happiest audio memories go back decades too.

I’m pretty sure no amount of upgrading can change that, but it would be fantastic if my kids ever got into audio the way I did.

@mijostyn, "One day things sound great, the next day lousy. Same system, same room. What changed? Some people might blame it on the recording or maybe a bad tube but mostly it is just the psychological state of the individual."

My first audio dealer (Linn, Naim, Rega etc), who I looked upon with awe once said something very similar. I’ll never forget thinking ’Oh my God, if he with all the high end stuff he has can say that...? Magical times.

@unfairlane, "Our brains are wireless recievers. We need to shut down all the other processes in our heads to get into the listening-mode. Typically 15-20 minutes listening before we are "on", on a good day."

Time for me needed depends upon what kind of day I’ve had but yes I couldn’t agree more. The right song at the right time can turn things around wonderfully.

As GK mentions, unconscious processes are also important.

So much so that I sometimes wonder whether our ’unconscious lives’ are not in fact our real lives. Especially so when it comes to important relationships.

Who doesn’t have that special song that reminds them of that special person or special time?

Some people sure have a way of getting into your head that they seem to be living in there (whether you actually ever see them or not). Not many things in life worse than relationship problems, are there? Thankfully they eventually do hurt less in time.

My guess is that it is in dreams (when/if the everyday residual noise finally quietens down enough) that we usually might get to ever seeing what’s really going on in there all the time. I don’t believe we ever stop dreaming, or ever can.

Having said this it’s hardly surprising that the mood altering/inducing industry is the biggest in the world.

The pursuit of audio nirvana is just one tiny part of it.

Beats fentanyl :)

There is no times for the unconscious; complete musical melody are like a note, the unconscious is tapping in the entire body and in the entire universe...

The creative composer start with only a note and create a melody with that one....

Each sense, be it hearing or tasting, smelling, recreate like that the entire cosmos in a single fractal sequence, but perceived consciously only in a small part...(in neurology that fractal is called synesthesia)


To be happy all times with your audio system , you can empty all the old around you to welcome all the new that’s coming...

It is called Self-upgrading, the big upgrade there is indeed....


I apologize for my indulging in words.... My best...