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@stuartk You can demo a Weiss from The Music Room for very low shipping fee. You can keep it for months, they are super cool people. Thats how I tried it. It's not clinical at all, but you need to give it 100+ hours burn-in. It does start out very washed out, but becomes sweet and musical. I suspect 90% of people don't bother to break it in fully. I have no idea if it will solve your issue though. You can also email Daniel Weiss about your hearing situation and he may have something interesting to say. He's basically a genius. good luck
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By the way, your issue with sibilance on vocals most likely comes from FET mics versus tube. You can YouTube people demonstrating mics if you are curious. (Check out the Chandler Redd, a very smooth sounding new tube design and see if those examples still bug you). I am super sensitive to highs on both my systems and real life, and my spontaneous irritation with them varies based on stress, sleep and diet usually. If I maintain those, I don’t have an issue. When those things fall apart, the world becomes sonically horrid, like needles. Most likely your issue is neuro, and something like neurofeedback can address it. My $0.02. |
I'm very interested in what works for you. I have the same problem. In my case it's hearing damage from COVID. One of my ears has substantial high freq hearing loss and this ear also hears a lot of distortion and "grain" that isn't there. My doctor tested my hearing and says it's better than average, but the test is NOT hifi. It tops out at 6kHz. The bad ear doesn't hear certain cymbal sounds any more and it seems like my brain cranks up certain frequencies from the good ear to compensate, which results in sibilance. The same thing happens with any speaker in any room, but not with headphones! I think it's because of the room being removed and there's no cross feed between the ears. |
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