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In Reply to: What is "Audio Nirvana"? Can you ever achieve it? posted by Abel McCain on April 5, 2009 at 14:05:32:
The state of 'nirvana' is entirely within your consciousness and is evidently hard to impossible to achieve. Audio nirvana if it exists seems to only last until the song is over and the next begins.
I'm sure we have all experienced being totally captivated by some new piece of music one day and then being totally turned off by it the next. On both occasions the particular piece of music was being reproduced on the same system in the same environment. What had changed?
Like most experiences, set and setting play a major role. Can audio nirvana be achieved?
Perhaps, but only for a few fleeting moments.
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - What is "Audio Nirvana"? Can you ever achieve it? - Abel McCain 14:05:32 04/5/09 (125)
- RE: What is "Audio Nirvana"? Can you ever achieve it? - finnman500@hotmail.com 04/10/0910:49:49 04/10/09 (0)
- RE: What is "Audio Nirvana"? Can you ever achieve it? - navman 13:40:31 04/8/09 (0)
- Ever heard of the concept of "trying too hard?" - Bill Thomas 12:00:25 04/7/09 (0)
- RE: What is "Audio Nirvana"? Can you ever achieve it? - jfz 08:38:16 04/7/09 (0)
- Here's the secret.. - ppopp 21:20:19 04/6/09 (7)
- But I want it with .... - Bhasi 01:13:28 04/7/09 (6)
- Maybe… - David Aiken 13:42:47 04/8/09 (0)
- I got the problem the other way around, I can't find a pair of headphones that I like as much as my speakers. - Teresa 02:10:17 04/7/09 (4)
- AKG K1000, Sennheiser HD414... - Abel McCain 20:36:35 04/8/09 (0)
- RE: I got the problem the other way around, I can't find a pair of headphones that I like as much as my speakers. - Bill the K 04:27:07 04/8/09 (1)
- Thanks Bill I've put them on my list to check out. - Teresa 17:23:12 04/8/09 (0)
- You're obviously a perfectionist .... - Bhasi 06:42:17 04/7/09 (0)
- Only for a brief time. - Ozzie 19:18:51 04/6/09 (29)
- Laugh! - Don Till 09:50:38 04/7/09 (2)
- Yes, a laugh - Ozzie 18:49:06 04/8/09 (1)
- Nice - Don Till 20:02:39 04/8/09 (0)
- The euphoria I experienced when I first heard my Infinity Reference Kappa 7 speakers 17 years ago is - Teresa 23:54:30 04/6/09 (25)
- RE: The euphoria I experienced when I first heard my Infinity Reference Kappa 7 speakers 17 years ago is - finnman500@hotmail.com 20:36:51 04/9/09 (2)
- Read this thread you will see that I do. You cannot kill my joy! - Teresa 23:27:26 04/9/09 (1)
- RE: Read this thread you will see that I do. You cannot kill my joy! - finnman500@hotmail.com 07:10:22 04/10/09 (0)
- Good for you...... - Ozzy 02:26:52 04/7/09 (21)
- RE: Good for you...... - mark111 17:57:43 04/8/09 (20)
- She's a reviewer for Christs' sake.... - Ozzy 02:10:36 04/9/09 (19)
- That makes it OK,then. - mark111 15:07:45 04/9/09 (0)
- I do very seriously, and quit attacking my speakers until you've heard them properly set up! - Teresa 03:17:58 04/9/09 (17)
- Teresa, - mark111 15:14:40 04/9/09 (3)
- No I haven't heard the Von Schweikert speakers - Teresa 18:04:28 04/9/09 (2)
- RE: No I haven't heard the Von Schweikert speakers - mark111 18:18:00 04/9/09 (1)
- RE: No I haven't heard the Von Schweikert speakers - Teresa 20:13:29 04/9/09 (0)
- RE: I do very seriously, and quit attacking my speakers until you've heard them properly set up! - Ozzy 03:46:52 04/9/09 (12)
- So you don't think the Wilson Watt Puppies or the Acoustac Planer speakers are good? - Teresa 04:03:58 04/9/09 (11)
- "You don't see me attacking your overpriced thin tower Piega P-10 speakers do you?" Um, yes, I do. - keith_d 12:24:44 04/9/09 (8)
- I made NO attack upon Ozzy's Piega P-10 speakers - Teresa 13:43:55 04/9/09 (7)
- "Over priced" is an attack on a speaker on planet Earth - keith_d 21:22:22 04/9/09 (6)
- See I didn't know that? As to me "overpriced" is something priced too high. - Teresa 23:37:56 04/9/09 (5)
- "Over priced" is not a criticism? You have a lot of strange ideas. - keith_d 08:06:49 04/10/09 (4)
- A criticism is not an attack! Maybe you should study the difference between these two words. - Teresa 14:17:49 04/10/09 (3)
- Oh! Saying someone's speakers are not a good value is not an attack. It's a criticism. I got ya. - keith_d 15:46:37 04/10/09 (2)
- Now you are beginning to understand, you just took your first step. - Teresa 16:00:17 04/10/09 (1)
- RE: Now you are beginning to understand, you just took your first step. - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 19:31:16 04/10/09 (0)
- RE: So you don't think the Wilson Watt Puppies or the Acoustac Planer speakers are good? - Ozzy 04:26:49 04/9/09 (1)
- RE: So you don't think the Wilson Watt Puppies or the Acoustac Planer speakers are good? - finnman500@hotmail.com 10:27:47 04/10/09 (0)
- I thought that I was on my way. - driver8 18:02:37 04/6/09 (1)
- You may already be right as rain. - Abel McCain 19:55:08 04/6/09 (0)
- Nirvana is emptiness. the 'void' you are in AFTER a blissful moment - Elizabeth 14:14:17 04/6/09 (3)
- I think my wallet experiences that fairly often.(nt) - mark111 20:33:36 04/9/09 (0)
- ...void... after... - Abel McCain 16:47:24 04/6/09 (1)
- Not around here... - Neil49 16:59:26 04/6/09 (0)
- I Suppose It Depends On What "Audio Nirvana" Means To You... - thetubeguy1954 14:00:34 04/6/09 (14)
- Tom..... - Don Till 16:22:30 04/6/09 (8)
- Don..... - thetubeguy1954 11:33:15 04/7/09 (7)
- Why the wordsmithing? - Don Till 13:17:41 04/7/09 (6)
- RE: Why the wordsmithing? - thetubeguy1954 10:01:33 04/8/09 (5)
- No you're the one doing the classifying not me - Don Till 12:13:47 04/8/09 (4)
- As I Said You're Incapable Of Grasping The Vast Differences Between "a" & "b" - thetubeguy1954 16:24:47 04/8/09 (3)
- That's half vast Tubular "Half Vast" - Richard BassNut Greene 15:54:41 04/9/09 (1)
- just one more person speaking the truth and calling you out -t - Sordidman 16:22:42 04/9/09 (0)
- RE: As I Said You're Incapable Of Grasping The Vast Differences Between "a" & "b" - Don Till 19:52:55 04/8/09 (0)
- Here's how I'd define "audio nirvana"... - mkuller 14:41:45 04/6/09 (4)
- Right ON. -t - Bosh 10:38:55 04/10/09 (0)
- RE: Here's how I'd define "audio nirvana"... - thetubeguy1954 14:13:14 04/7/09 (1)
- You got it! (nt) - mkuller 14:15:11 04/7/09 (0)
- That's a great answer - E-Stat 17:28:45 04/6/09 (0)
- RE: What is "Audio Nirvana"? Can you ever achieve it? - henrybasstardo 10:40:02 04/6/09 (0)
- Sometimes yes, sometimes no... - Godzilla. 10:39:03 04/6/09 (0)
- It's a marketing concept..... - Don Till 08:34:59 04/6/09 (0)
- What is "Audio Nirvana"? Can you ever achieve it? - ElDragon 07:48:41 04/6/09 (0)
- Can be achieved with a Bose clock radio - Richard BassNut Greene 07:11:32 04/6/09 (35)
- RE: As the late Harvey "Gizmo" Rosenberg put it - - painter27 17:26:13 04/6/09 (2)
- That was very Amar-ol of him t - keith_d 09:42:09 04/7/09 (0)
- Ahhhhhh....the visual....(nt) - mkuller 19:27:52 04/6/09 (0)
- At least you're consistent... - mkuller 13:30:01 04/6/09 (23)
- "Since you think most all components differences (except speakers) are in audiophiles' minds" - Richard BassNut Greene 14:35:35 04/6/09 (22)
- Say it once or twice and you're reporting... - mkuller 19:30:39 04/6/09 (4)
- What about hundreds of times? - E-Stat 19:30:01 04/8/09 (3)
- And you read each post ! - Richard BassNut Greene 07:09:12 04/9/09 (2)
- Nah - E-Stat 11:20:05 04/9/09 (0)
- no one needs to as they are all the same wrongheaded posts -t - Sordidman 09:35:28 04/9/09 (0)
- RE: "Since you think most all components differences (except speakers) are in audiophiles' minds" - Don Till 16:12:33 04/6/09 (0)
- I have to say that that post is completely untrue - Sordidman 15:05:38 04/6/09 (15)
- RE: I have to say that that post is completely untrue - Don Till 10:45:55 04/7/09 (8)
- Big difference between 'factual' and 'scientifically valid'...(nt) - mkuller 11:06:39 04/7/09 (0)
- He's right because people disagree? - Sordidman 10:54:58 04/7/09 (6)
- Sorry but yes - Don Till 12:26:37 04/7/09 (5)
- Richard is saying we CAN'T hear differences sometimes... - Hepcat 08:35:31 04/8/09 (3)
- Yes: which is valid. It's the gross errors in logic that - Sordidman 10:14:15 04/8/09 (2)
- Maybe it's your use of "strict" - Don Till 07:53:07 04/9/09 (1)
- RE: Maybe it's your use of "strict" - Sordidman 09:58:01 04/9/09 (0)
- RE: Sorry but yes ---- nice reply, - thanks - Sordidman 15:24:27 04/7/09 (0)
- People who buy expensive components rarely say two components sound the same to them ... - Richard BassNut Greene 07:20:54 04/7/09 (5)
- What if - E-Stat 19:34:13 04/8/09 (0)
- RE: People who buy expensive components rarely say two components sound the same to them ... - Myles B. Astor 16:17:40 04/8/09 (0)
- Read the review of the Boulder Integrated in Stereophile's Recommended Components issue - Julien43 02:23:40 04/8/09 (0)
- People who say they sound the same are inexperienced or poor critical listeners...(nt) - mkuller 11:09:07 04/7/09 (0)
- Another Straw Man from the king of the Straw Men - Sordidman 09:10:38 04/7/09 (0)
- LOL - Sordidman 12:18:24 04/6/09 (0)
- You always were a cheap date :) -nt - E-Stat 11:54:40 04/6/09 (0)
- ie...Good Music Sounds Good No Matter What... - Dynaudio_Rules 07:32:02 04/6/09 (5)
- I disagree - Don Till 08:41:30 04/6/09 (4)
- Agreed - E-Stat 13:08:41 04/6/09 (0)
- Wouldn't you say though, that.... - Sordidman 12:26:55 04/6/09 (1)
- Sure.... - Don Till 14:02:31 04/6/09 (0)
- I agree - jimmyjames 10:14:50 04/6/09 (0)
- As I understand it ... - andyr 04:20:47 04/6/09 (0)
- When you finally realize you are NOT in control of your audio destiny NT - Frihed89 23:23:30 04/5/09 (0)
- RE: I'm already there brother! - jtkarma 20:02:16 04/5/09 (1)
- You and I probably differ on a couple of things in your list! :-)) ... - andyr 04:28:15 04/6/09 (0)
- I achieve "Audio Nirvana" quite a lot, this recording for me is the absolute pinnacle of Audio Nirvana! - Teresa 19:14:12 04/5/09 (0)
- live versus recorded - FenderLover 18:15:41 04/5/09 (0)
- Yes - listening to Coleman Hawkins - Night Hawk n/t - panhead 17:23:22 04/5/09 (0)
- It's amazes me what I've found possible… - Wellfed 16:05:36 04/5/09 (0)
- RE: What is "Audio Nirvana"? Can you ever achieve it? - WilHenry 15:18:34 04/5/09 (0)
- Yes you can... - mkuller 15:15:31 04/5/09 (0)
- Can you ever achieve it? Sure ...all the time ... - reelsmith. 15:00:34 04/5/09 (0)
- RE: What is "Audio Nirvana"? Can you ever achieve it? - David Aiken 14:55:21 04/5/09 (5)
- Yep - thankfully I have no difficulty in doing so,.. - RC Daniel 01:02:35 04/11/09 (0)
- Well said! :-)) nt - andyr 04:31:07 04/6/09 (0)
- "It's a temporary state" - 4season 21:04:32 04/5/09 (2)
- How about live music with a volume control under your command? - Teresa 04:58:31 04/7/09 (0)
- RE: "It's a temporary state" - bullethead 21:23:43 04/5/09 (0)
- No - JeffH 14:25:52 04/5/09 (1)
- Yes, but - forgetting 'live' vs. 'recorded' - would it sound *even* better with just one change?? :-)) ... - andyr 04:35:12 04/6/09 (0)
- RE: What is "Audio Nirvana"? Can you ever achieve it? - greenpete 14:23:21 04/5/09 (0)
- RE: What is "Audio Nirvana"? Can you ever achieve it? - bullethead 14:17:39 04/5/09 (1)
- RE: What is "Audio Nirvana"? Can you ever achieve it? - jay@usalaw.com 05:44:41 04/7/09 (0)
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