After a while it’s just sounds.


I find myself lately listening for spectacular sounding recordings ( as per my last post regarding the Alpine Symphony.) After a while I noticed that all  I was listening for was just great sound  in my listening sessions.  And the sounds started sounding like weird noises devoid of meaning, even on my most beloved recordings. 
This brings up the point of how we listen to music, and the attitude we bring to it.  If we just listen for sounds the meaning disappears, and we’re left with disjunct noises making no sense. Not very enjoyable.

Thank the heavens, after realizing this I started listening for the meaning of the music and broke out of it. 
Does this happen to you?

rvpiano

Everyone with a heart and a brain can appreciate your posts.

The others if they spoke for anything than annoying someone sincere are plain stupid...

I like your thoughts... They are sincere and thats all that matter...

 

I don’t know if I will.

It seems my posts touch a nerve in some members

When I listen to pressure amplitudes surrounding me in my acoustically treated room, I think about the evolutionary marvel of our hearing being able to pick up these atmospheric pressure disturbances. Something that prevented us from getting eaten by large animals as we evolved into humans of the modern age.

I think about why there is no front facing ear on our forehead. Or maybe in the back of our skull.  maybe it would prevent us from sleeping comfortably.

How horrible it would be without being able to hear. If you had to choose between your sight or your hearing, which would you choose?

Never take for granted this evolutionary miracle.

It def happens. My most recent tweaky addition was an external clock. It's connected to my ethernet switch, streamer, and both my DDCs. Now I can't stop tapping my toes and doing dork dances in my chair. Crazy sounds plus rhythm. If you're gonna go all in, consider a clock. 

Learn how to play an instrument.Any instrument.Once you do you will understand the meaning of listening.People who obsess over equipment don't understand.