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How good is your hearing ? And how do you know ?

Sometimes I have a big laugh when reading this forum. There are clearly people whose hearing is, shall I say, very special. So why buy good stuff ?
inna
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cleeds,

Exactly.  

A thread asking “how good is your hearing?” is certainly a reasonable topic for a thread.  But the OP makes it clear the thread actually wasn’t started with good intentions, but is rather an occasion for inna to insult the hearing of others and have a “laugh” at others expense.  Oh...and if anyone notices this obvious fact it’s “who, little old me? If you think I meant to diss anyone’s hearing  - that’s on you, not him.  

We we should ask members like inna to do better than start baiting threads like this, that start with self-satisfied implied insults.

If this thread takes an informative direction it will be despite the OP.




prof
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Ah, so now the reason for the weird OP comes out.   It was just an excuse for Inna to make a personal (and ridiculous) rant against digital sources.  Maybe try a less misleading thread the next time?
inna OP
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Inna knows what he is doing. Go on.
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geoffkait
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Hearing that measures good is sometimes not too good. Hearing that measures bad is sometimes very good. plus people hear differently in different rooms. It can be very exasperating.
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michaelgreenaudio
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"Michael, how can you advocate the old soulful ways when you use digital source as a reference ?"

I think you've mentioned that somewhere else as well. I kind of let it pass by without much comment. Digital is an audio language just like analog is. Once that language is put in motion it is all analog signal. TT's, Tape and CD's are all mechanical devices. I can't stand the sound of almost all CD Players, to me they sound like tin cans. However some players it's a different story. It's all in the way they are built and the parts used, and CDP's are much different than TT's or Decks and shouldn't be treated like they are the same.

here's an example

I don't like the sound of CDP's that use big transformers. The players I use have tiny transformers. I also don't like the sound of CDP's made out of metal. I don't like the sound of CDP's using certain types of materials on the circuit boards. Lastly, I don't like the sound of CDP's that are higher mass.

CD's themselves as a medium I love and prefer over any other mediums, with the exception of 2" tape on a very tricked out old Studer. However having that tricked out old Studer sitting in another room and needing adjusted per tape is no longer practical for me. Plus I'm no longer able to get my hands on 1st generation masters.

Michael Green

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