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The Absurdity of it All

50-60-70 year old ears stating with certainty that what they hear is proof positive of the efficacy of analog, uber-cables, tweaks...name your favorite latest and greatest audio "advancement." How many rock concerts under the bridge? Did we ever wear ear protection with our chain saws? Believe what you will, but hearing degrades with age and use and abuse. To pontificate authority while relying on damaged goods is akin to the 65 year old golfer believing his new $300 putter is going to improve his game. And his game MAY get better, but it is the belief that matters. Everything matters, but the brain matters the most.
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perkri
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@glupson.  
A poet, he is not as of yet :)
co93
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I think we can all agree that dogs have superior hearing.    I have 3 dogs and five systems.  The dogs have free range in the house.  When I put on music they are free to come and go.   My observations are that all three dogs come and lay down and listen to my TAD CR-1s and YG Acoustic carmels   Two dogs come and listen to my Audio physics tempos and my sonus faber  cremona Ms.  Only one dog comes and listens to my Vienna acoustic Mozarts.   And if I switch the direction of my cables, the dogs just go outside..... 
perkri
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@kevn    

I have a couple of tracks I listen to for mids.

Leonard Cohen - A Thousand Kisses Deep

He has a deep voice normally, but it's particularly deep on this track. The upper register of his voice is what I listen to. I listen for how open it is.

Sade - Pearls 

She has a wide range in her singing on this track. Starts dark and rich and goes to some lovely highs. I listen for how clearly the middle part of that comes through

Rockers HiFi - Going Under

Like most electronic music, it has some extremes. Singer again has a dark register. I listen for how well the upper range of his voice comes through.

Bill Charlap - Stardust

Shirley Horns voice has a ton of air in this recording. I listen for how well it "floats" above the instruments.

And, of course, anything Ben Webster :)
perkri
913 posts
 
Oh, and its the main version of Going Under on the K&D sessions...
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danvignau
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jasonbourne52  You can hear a pin drop.  Wow!  That is proof to you, I presume, that you have perfect hearing.  Go get a test.  You will be surprised at the middle frequencies you do not hear, much less the ones above about 200 cps that a dropped pin makes;  however, we can just turn the volume up a whole lot and hear stuff that is normally silent to us. even if with a highly different frequency curve than a baby, or young teen.  I bet if you ask a bunch of tweens if they use a ringtone out of teh frequency of adults, you will find some a=who can demonstrate this to you.  This ring allows them to check messages in class, without allowing the teacher to hear it.
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