Sometimes it happens! The audio Nirvana. You are sitting on your own, as usual, listening to your favorite music and the magic appears. You feel a sense of peace, totally lost in a different dimension. No thoughts, no regrets… just sweet dreams and silky tastes on the skin of your soul. Like a promise, like a caress.
Ok, you got it!
Sometimes I’m afraid it’s just the perfect matching between the song and the mood. A coincidence, an unexpected adherence between the sound and the particular state of mind you are living in that specific moment of your life.
My system is the same, same components, same cables and so on. So what? The current flow? Nah!
I’m pretty sure, it’s a question of “hearing” the right sound for that specific moment. This is the secret. Don’t use the brain, it doesn’t work. You can’t choose an album to create that feeling. It must happen spontaneously. It doesn’t depend on your willingness, rationality or technical ability. It’s not the gear, it’s the mood.
It’s rare and unpredictable.
And it’s wonderful.
Maybe a pair of Sakras or a PoweZone can contribute but, my friends, my conclusion is that… the audio Nirvana is possible only IF YOU ARE IN THE MOOD.
More often than not what gets my attention and parks my butt in the seat is the random song that just sounds right in and for the moment. And you’re so right. Those moments are magical. It’s pretty rare than I’ll listen to something intentionally and have the same experience.
It used to be equal time between “audio Nirvana” and “doze off”, but lately there is more in awe time. When PowerZone arrives, I may just quit whiskey in the afternoon completely.
Not just the equipment, not just the music… I was thinking about the combination of music and your state of mind. You need the right disc at the right time.
I was just telling @LpHuntress and @tmcqueen the other night how I was never really much of a Fleetwood Mac fan until I picked up that first Analog Productions 45rpm pressing of Rumours after reading about just how good the recording & remastering was. After I got it, all those songs I had once paid little attention to on the radio for all those years just grabbed me - and now I get what people got all this time.
Maybe it was the moment when I first played that pressing - or maybe it was finally hearing the nuance? I don’t know - but it happened
There has to be a connection to the mood to find music (the sound of the system) captivating and magical on some days. I can relax and listen to music for hours. But there are also days when a feeling of imperfection in the music and sound of the system can cause me to quickly turn off my system again. Is it because of how I feel or is the line filter not working consistently? Maybe a power zone will help. Until today I thought it cost around 15 thousand euros. The dealer today showed me a price of 18 thousand euros. So I have to concentrate more on my good emotions.
I read The Best Version of Night and Day by Joe Jackson on Audiophile Style recently. Apart from the ponderous information about Joe, his career, the songs and recording, the author spent a lot of words on a Latin percussionist that was on the date. It caught my attention so I listened to it that evening with Latin percussion in mind.
It transformed my listening experience and appreciation of her performance, the incredible contribution it made to the music, and how easy it is to hear but not fully notice the secret ingredients. The more you know…
Until today I thought it cost around 15 thousand euros. The dealer today showed me a price of 18 thousand euros. So I have to concentrate more on my good emotions.