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I’ll kick off with a recent posting by the remarkably clear-sighted and even handed Archimago.

Once again cutting through layers of mostly deliberate confusion, obfuscation and denial.

Production, Reproduction and Perception - the 3 pillars upon which everything in our audiophile world stands, is my new mantra.

So simple it’s surprising that no one else pointed it out earlier.

Be sure to also check out his follow up blog from Wednesday, 11 March 2020.

http://archimago.blogspot.com/2020/03/musings-audio-music-audiophile-big.html?m=1
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Here's a couple of interesting YouTube clips courtesy of AsapSCIENCE.

Both have some good illustrations to demonstrate the sometimes strange relationship between sound and perception.

It's quite clear to me that our eyes can play a considerable part in the processing of what we hear.

Just why this happens is a little odd though. It's as if either our brain cannot resist feeding in extra information to 'help' with sound processing, or that it insists that visual information must take precedence over what we hear.


Can You trust Your Ears?
https://youtu.be/kzo45hWXRWU

Will This Trick Your Ears?https://youtu.be/w40XcUP5KrI

and another here on that relationship.

Can Music Save Your Life?
https://youtu.be/w40XcUP5KrI

Here's yet another informative video from our friends at Audioholics.

How to Achieve Realism in Audio with Dr Edgar Choueiri.

The good Doctor's findings might surprise some of us here. Some of his comments certainly made me think.

Here he is with Matthew Poes and Don Dunn.

https://youtu.be/rPmiyOeTUdM

A fascinating YouTube account of loudspeaker panel resonances. Plenty of food for thought for any potential DIY speaker builders.

 

The World’s Second Best Speakers by Tech Ingredients

https://youtu.be/EEh01PX-q9I

 

Most popular music styles of the past century as compiled by YouTuber Data is Beautiful.

Classical music fans might want to look away.

 

 

Yet another useful video from YouTuber M.Zillch.

Now why didn't I think of using a multimeter to check earthing continuity between arm, platter and spindle?