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manisandher wrote:

PS Have you ever come across the writings of Ken Wilber?

Nope, I did not. I googled him as it looks like I deliberately stopped to read this type of writing years back

manisandher wrote:

Is there any reason why you haven't expounded your ideas on SLLB beyond level two?

This is very good question and I people occasionally ask me about it. The last I think I got 2 emails with basically the same question. I usually reply something indefinite. The true reason is that the answer to this question is very complex. The articles about levels 3-6 were written in one way or another, then re-written a few times. But I never felt comfortable to post them and I have multiple reasons why, quite multifaceted reasons.

One of the reasons why I never was convinced that any more or less detail methodologies for levels 3-6 shell be published is that the level 3 and above has great faculty for self-profanation. The notion professed in the SLLB methodology is in many cases and for many immature listeners is more powerful then their authentic understanding of own listening experiences. I just did not want my SLLB to become a crutch of self-delusion. It is very easy to happen and I have seen it happen with people I witnessed.

You see, generally I feel that the quality the readers of this site is not overlay evolved. People mostly read this site to learn what audio toy they need to trace, or to primitively-enjoy another public beating of a next idiot from audio-industry, or to learn/share what material of turntable mat is more desirable with a given mass and material of platter. They are all legitimate areas of interest but they are in way primitive areas of interest. The more interesting and more progressed subjects do not have a lot of momentum neither at my site not anywhere else. So, I try to keep a certain balance of audio bouncy, not letting the level of the site to submerge where it’s content would be understood only by than less 1% of it visitors. So, I kind of hold back with truly evolved and really “dangers” views, knowing that mostly readers would not “get” it and mostly writers who would be able to go there do not have need to express those views .

Regarding the higher levels of SLLB – it is exactly what it is: I deliberately decided, at least at this point do not upload any further information then what was given. The concept of stratification of listening perception was given and exampled at lower levels, even those now I would explain it differently than I did 5 years back. At the higher listening level I do not think that the explanations are necessary and I use my favorite in Audio discussions Darwinist Approach – “imply but do not tell”, letting the Darwin’s natural dyeing-off of un-adapted to take care about the rest. The point is that the people who do “get” what it is all about do not need to witness chewing details and they do not need any explanations – they have own mind and own ability to discover (reinvent) the thing on their own. You give to them an initial push with the stratification concept for instance and the right person come up with all own (identical!!!) discoveries what the level are and how they operate. This stunning similarity of the final conclusions is an amassing subject itself BTW… Anyhow, if the person does not have the mind set to “get” it and have no personal inters about the subject of algorithming of listening preposition then what the purpose to write for him/her? In fact those people (and I have seen it many times) have tendency to miss-use the SLLB stratification. Some of them even have the have no idea what it is all about but they still employ the SLLB and (believe or not) some of them even sell audio using the alleged SLLB justifications.

So, I decided to let sleeping lion lay and for now do not continue the “marketing” of the SLLB subjects. Nether right or wrong people do not need any further explanations. At least they are my views as they are today.

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