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In Reply to: RE: It may be absurd but it is the right way to listen to music posted by Disbeliever on July 16, 2014 at 02:21:53
...some prefer their eyes open while listening/viewing and others close them just to listen.
As an audiophile I often close my eyes while listening to an orchestra to experience the sonic "image" rather than the visual one.
Doing that is how Harry Pearson of TAS came up with the terms imaging and soundstaging to describe parts of home audio reproduction experience.
So don't you be absurd...
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Have 50 years experience in the Hi-Fi business as both manufacturer & retailer have visited most of the audio shows World Wide for many many years. Have yet to meet or see an audiophile who listens to music with closed eyes. First I have heard of this nonsense was from Teresa several years ago.
Maybe that's why you praise the sound quality of Sony receivers so highly. :)
I am mainly praising the sound of the Sony AVR DA5400ES pre-pro + FM tuner & MM phono stage section ( as good as any high end separates that I have used) fed out to my own stereo amplifier connected to front speakers for superior bass.
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Fifty years in hi-fi? And how long have you been a performing musician?
I find that listening with my eyes closed provides the opportunity to mentally focus on the music much better. Although, I will admit that most of the time at live events, I want to SEE the musicians as well as HEAR them. I mean, who doesn't want to WATCH Doc Severinsen while he shows us how it's done?!
It's common knowledge that our senses are inter-connected, and that by disconnecting them during an event or as an exercise, we are able to hone and improve them, which typically results in greater enjoyment and/or understanding of the topic at hand.
When listening seriously and not particularly caring about the visual aspect, eliminating the visual distractions is a HUGE benefit.
:)
...next time you go to a symphony or a demo session at CES, take a look at the listeners and you will observe some with their eyes closed.
Not the whole time, understand, just for a few minutes.
And you don't have to meet them, just pay attention.
Have 50 years experience in the Hi-Fi business as both manufacturer & retailer have visited most of the audio shows World Wide for many many years. Have yet to meet or see an audiophile who listens to music with closed eyes.
Do tell.
Maybe your 51st year at this will be revelatory as you try something different.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" - Michael McClure
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May be that's why so many audiophiles end up buying expensive cr@p. ;-)
Every music lover and music professional I've ever met listens regularly with eyes closed.
completely opposite to my long experience.closing eyes puts one into a semi-dream mode.
if you have the mental faculties of a startled deer but it should not be true for anyone who is able to concentrate.
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