My friend invited me over and we drank a little Johnny Walker Double Black. I did the unthinkable and mixed it with Diet Coke. I know your supposed to sip it straight but that's how I am. Last week we tried a bottle of Johnny Walker Black Label. I have to say I really only drink about two drinks at a time. I also think it is much better to drink around friends and talk than to listen to music. I met a guy from New York last night and we talked about music. He was a few years older but it was fun going over new and old bands. Our host was from Kuwait and he had a different taste of music and really didn't know what we were talking about. That's the fun of drinking. People loosen up and talk about stuff that they would not normally talk about.
The perception of music is very close to the emotion of the heart so I guess that a little drink or two gets you closer to the area where you can understand music. I was once invited to a house where my friend had a world class stereo. He had spent years getting the room and the tubes all dialed in. The final tweek was a small drink in my hands. So even people who have spent years getting there rigs to this amazing point understand what little sip will do. A writer named Huxley wrote a book called The Doors Of Perception which deals with modified perception. There are really many ways to get an increase in music enjoyment even with out booze. I have always felt good health was the best at making music sound it's best. If your in a good mood you enjoy music more, even though you really need music more sometimes when in a bad mood.
So many an audiophile saving for his next DAC while just eating Cup-O-Noodles three times a day is really working the program in reverse. Better heath due to a correct diet is by far the best way to hear SQ with limited equipment. The same has been found true about both work and sport performance being dependent on diet for optimum results.
I really think coffee is a great add to any listen. The crazy part is that it seems that both drinking coffee and alcohol affect the hearing and music impact, but from different angles. The key with drinking alcohol is moderation and pace. There really is no enjoyment to getting bombed by drinking 7 drinks in 12 minutes. If your into rock then you know how bad a loud record goes with a hangover. I feel Golf on TV was the ultimate hangover sport to view. The pace is slow and the voices are all toned down. You can go to sleep and wake with-out really missing anything.
... Oh ya this is a HP forum, yea silver cables rule I hear huge differences running my nonexistent re-cabled pure silver ibuds rabble rabble.
