Can You Hear Me Now


In an interview with Laurence Borden of Dagogo, Dr Earl Geddes talked about the ability of people to really have golden ears. In his work at Ford, he tried to gauge how good the ten member golden ear panel was. I will let him tell you his findings. “For the most part the study concluded that this panel was “not capable.” In other words their judgments could not be relied upon to be statistically stable. That said, there were two members of the ten who were capable, so it was possible. But the real point here is that someone is not a good judge of sound quality just because they think that they are – all ten members would have claimed that they were audiophiles and good judges of sound quality.
After several more studies along these same lines, I came to conclude that the more someone claimed to be a “golden ear” the less likely it was that they actually were.”  
That got me thinking: how many of our members would belong to the group of eight and how many would be with the two who could really hear. Interesting reading. The full interview can be found here:
https://www.dagogo.com/an-interview-with-dr-earl-geddes-of-gedlee-llc/
N.B. Dr. Earl Geddes is one of the pioneers of the Distributed Bass Array system. His work on the subject is well known. 
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105mm Howitzer not a gun or a cannon. 
My father was Airborne Field Artillery before going SF. He always corrected me when they did a mass drop and maneuvers. Snuck me on the range also. Perks of being the Majors son?
Some excellent and savvy responses here.

I recall the terms percussive sublimation and push/pull from “The Peter Principle”

These audio sounding terms aptly describe the irony of many here who are at an age where a hearing check would result in almost all having some (or more than some) hearing loss. Put another way this group’s love, passion, pursuit and knowledge of listening to music is like getting a refill of dopamine.

We may not be able to hear “perfectly” but we can feel the music and will keep tweaking in order to feel more! 

Who doesn’t want more of what they love?


For me, the question is not "Do I have golden ears?" but rather these:

"What are the conditions for proper listening?"
"What are the specific qualities to listen for?"
"How can I test myself to know that I'm attending to those qualities properly?"
and,
"What is the vocabulary to affix to said qualities?"

The very phrase "golden ears" is like the phrase in baseball pitching, "rocket arm."

I probably possess neither, by nature. But I want to listen better. That's what it means to be an audiophile -- to try, intelligently.
 Thanks very much....

I wish i would have written a so wise post....


My best to you.....