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A blessing? Or a curse?

We all know there’s people who seem to have no memory of or ability to recall anything they hear. We know because they tell us so. In no uncertain terms, either! They are quite certain the only way anything can be compared is to flip back and forth instantaneously, because no one can remember anything they have heard for more than like a microsecond.

So okay, they can’t hear, can’t remember, they are quite certain this is the case, what can we do but believe them?

We also know there are people who seem to be able to recall very well things they have heard, sometimes even quite a long time ago. We hear this one all the time too. They tell us how a certain speaker or whatever sounds, even though they heard it only maybe once at some show or whatever many months ago. Let’s not quibble was it the speakers or the amp or the room or whatever. Point is a definite acoustic memory formed and has stayed with them.

Which at long last brings us to what you already know its really all about: Me! I have this decades long ritual where whenever people are coming over I do something, and sometimes a lot of somethings, to make the system really shine. My favorite thing about this, if I’m totally honest, is at the end when its late at night and the system is truly peaking I get to relax back and take it all in.

So this last time with the guys from Portland coming up, and then on to Mike Lavigne’s, well guess what? Left the Herron and the table on from the night before, woke up early to get the Melody going, ran the XLO demagnetizing tracks about a zillion times, demagnetized, sprayed, and then played a few sides. What they heard when they got here was pretty good. Or as I am told the unanimous opinion was, "Fantastic!" Then off to Mike Lavigne’s. So by the time I get back and relax that night its all been running for like 24 hours.

Holy moly did that sound good! Did not even want to go to bed.

Okay so here’s the problem. Last night, system been off a week, usual 30 min warm up, nothing else, anyone wonder why I was kind of underwhelmed? Its that dang auditory memory. If only I could forget! But then, if I was one of those guys who can’t remember a ding dong thing, would I have the system I have?

So what say you? Is it a blessing? Or a curse?
millercarbon
audio2design
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We know there are people here who have delusions of grandeur and of perceive they have superhuman capability, even though they are no different from anyone else. We know that, because they tell us, in every thread they possibly can, sometimes even creating threads for the sole purpose of telling us.

We know there are some people who completely lack an ability to self reflect and self assess and consider that perhaps their perceptions, untested against a standard, are just that perceptions, but not reality. We know this because they illustrate it in multiple threads across multiple topics and areas of perceived knowledge.

They says ignorance is bliss, so the outstanding question is, is their affliction a blessing or a curse?
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millercarbon OP
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Problem being, anyone can read the OP, and then read everything since, and it is clear (to those who can read and comprehend the English language) that this is not at all about anyone's skill of hearing or lack thereof. The question is something different. Its been made so clear that to not understand has got to be a reading comprehension problem. 

Let me put it in third grade level. Remember. Forget. Which one is better? And why?

What part of this do you still not understand?
audio2design
1,351 posts
 
There is that lack of self reflection I was talking about.
millercarbon OP6,606 posts11-19-2020 9:11pm... and it is clear (to those who can read and comprehend the English language) that this is not at all about anyone's skill of hearing or lack thereof ...


We all know there’s people who seem to have no memory of or ability to recall anything they hear. We know because they tell us so. In no uncertain terms, either! They are quite certain the only way anything can be compared is to flip back and forth instantaneously, because no one can remember anything they have heard for more than like a microsecond.

So okay, they can’t hear, can’t remember, they are quite certain this is the case, what can we do but believe them?

glupson
7,842 posts
 
In 2020, the answer heavily leans towards...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriaforster/2020/07/08/brain-damage-and-hallucinations-associated-w...

So, it has to be a curse.
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nonoise
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No two people see the same. I’ve had bad eyesight my entire life and after cataract surgery, I know see 20/20 in one eye and about 20/30 in the other (slight astigmatism). The blueprint in our DNA is not exact and varies greatly from person to person. I remember a father and son who could read the text on a magazine page affixed to a wall from about 10 feet away. It varies greatly.

Same goes for our sense of smell. We each have between 20-25K genes and we all use an average of 390 to smell, and they’re not all the same genes used from person to person. Change one gene and pooof!, there goes your ability to discern violets. One is born with the proper genes to be a great sommelier and all the practice in the world can’t make up for a loss or deficit of the genes needed to be one. We can smell up to 10K different odors, but not all of us can.

Why is hearing any different? Some of us do hear much better than others, and not as well as others. People have to stop insulting those who can hear better and just get used to it. It’s not the same from person to person and you’d be a jerk to think it is.

All the best,
Nonoise
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