Whether to do anything about the limitations of our ears

If you want to know what a human being thinks of pressure waves (ie, what we hear) then you look at the Fletcher-Munson equal loudness contours.

Great post thanks....


It is the reason why the peculiarity of each specific pair of human ears being different, we must adapt and fine tuned the relation of our room to the speakers characteristic not in regard of the absolute meaning of the specs sheet but the way it is PERVEIVED by our OWN ears in our room...

Like any audio engineer take into account this "contour" to drive his mixing, in our own room knowing that our own ears will experiment timbre perception slightly differently because of the specific manner our own ears filter and group the sound waves amplitude , we must create a specific set of pressure zones in our room that will please our ears and will compensate for our speakers particular specs.......

We can also pay an acoustician to redesign our small room acoustically for our specific audio system... We can made it ourself at low cost...

Acoustic passive treatment and mechanical active control can play for the speakers/ ears the function of a compensating hearing aid , the room being now an activated device for a better S.Q.


In audio our untreated and uncontrolled room has more limitating effects than our own innate hearing limitations which we can compensate for....

For me it is VERY simple. If I don't like what I'm hearing I change it. I don't care what it originally sounded like. I don't play music to please the person who produced the music, it's quite the opposite for me.

If that means a smiley face or a frown or + 10db from 8khz up with an EQ, my system is there to please me and who ever is there with me. 

There are no RULES in the stereo world. Just like there is NO cryin' in baseball, BUT two ears that work (ok), tone control and added bass (correction) sure works for me..

I'm actually having a balanced big valve EQ made and looking real hard at an Active valve (tube) crossover. No rules, RULE!!

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For me it is VERY simple. If I don’t like what I’m hearing I change it. I don’t care what it originally sounded like. I don’t play music to please the person who produced the music, it’s quite the opposite for me.

I think the same....

Old mechanic with dirty hands are more than often right because they are accustomed to use and plays with laws more than just obey to them ...
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As mahgister & oldhvymec say (or should I say sezez). You listen to your stereo to please yourself.  It ain't a visit to the ear doctor.

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two points to raise in reply to your op above, in the spirit of discussion...

1. achieving a flat, in phase response, at the prime listening position in a room/system setup is a laudable goal, if for no other reason than for the listener to judge/realize that some deviation from this ideal may make the music as presented seem more ’beautiful’ or ’real’ subjectively -- i have not tried to dabble in this pursuit myself, but at least regarding frequency response, this is what a lot of the room correction tech in modern gear attempts to enable

2. on a subjective basis, when it comes to voicing of hifi components (and most prominently speakers), there is some agreement that numerous successful but aging designers are releasing newer products that have greater/too much treble energy (as they personally are experiencing a reduction in their ability to hear higher and mid treble frequencies, but have yet to admit that, and still insist on personally voicing their gear) -- folks such as richard vandersteen, mike/jason at schiit, frank van alstine, and david belles have all been ’accused’ of this...