Sonic correlations with art in the listening space

I'm often surprised at how indifferent to visual surroundings many audiophiles are. You've probably seen photos or videos of Michael Fremer's listening room. Horrible mess—not to mention that the acoustics can't possibly be any good. Synesthesia is a thing, even if you don't hear colors (like the pianist Helene Grimaux). Conscious experience is a synthesis of inputs. A friend once hosted a listening party in which wines were paired with music! (No one thought this worked.) Our home is full of art we've made ourselves, and that includes the living room / listening room. But of course, attention to the acoustic properties of the space is paramount.

As for having a view, Jim Smith, in Get Better Sound, suggests that looking through a window while listening tends to create a psychoacoustic effect of glare. Not sure I agree, but it's possible. In my space, there is a huge picture window with a gorgeous view of mountains and valley BEHIND me as I listen. 

I can see how an Andy Warhol tin can at the front might color things. ;-)  I actually prefer to listen to music at night in almost complete darkness.

As for having a view, Jim Smith, in Get Better Sound, suggests that looking through a window while listening tends to create a psychoacoustic effect of glare. Not sure I agree, but it's possible. In my space, there is a huge picture window with a gorgeous view of mountains and valley BEHIND me as I listen. 

I envy you! I don't think of a window as giving me something to look at in a "think about something besides the music" kind of way. Rather, it adds depth to the mental sound stage, giving my music-inspired imagination territory in which to fly as the music generates wind beneath my wings.

@hilde45 I agree with you (I think), and not with Jim Smith on this one. In fact, I've got a file of photos of "Sweet sweet spots," taken in friends' listening rooms or off the web, and many of them position the speakers on either side of a beautiful view. There's one in Zürich that's to die for: B&W 802s on either side of a wall-sized view of lake Zürich and the Alps! Yes, please.

But then again.... What has a view to do with the music? This is a little like the wine pairing experiment. Sure, I love wine, and often sip a good glass while listening. But frankly, these are two different forms of pleasure, and it's not clear to me (despite my own original claim for "synesthesia") that they really complement, rather than compete. I think that, if it were practical, I'd project a view of the concert hall where the symphony was recorded between the speakers when I was listening. But that's not quite right, either. Of course, I've watched DVDs or Youtube videos of music being performed. Does that visual enhance the properly musical pleasure? I don't think so.

Bottom line, then: be in a space one likes to be in when listening. Surround oneself not just with sound but with pleasing visual stimuli. And—what the hell!—sip a fine Cabernet or single malt at the same time!

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Sorry, but in my opinion, decors do not affect what I hear. nor does not send emotions. For me, what I hear is what I like. I sit down and listen, and I can hear soundstage, depth and presentation. I can hear the actual recording, as if I was there. my gear cannot present a grand scale of the venue, so i choose my music based on how it was sized OR my choice of Nostalgic recordings (Vinyl) and feel as I was in jazz clubs where Louis Armstrong or Chet Atkins, or Barbara Streisand were performing and I can listen to the space. I also love chamber music where I can feel the space. 

All this I do with my Eyes closed. I cannot feel the presentation if my eyes open as I focus on the speakers and sound source. so there, the field collapses

So that's where I am coming from, the visual display of the Acoustic treatment does not affect me as I have my eyes closed during a listening session.