Popular Post GregWormald Posted August 29, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 29, 2021 Acute hearing is a survival trait and 'cause we are here, we have it. To think we can measure all there is to hearing and its interaction with our brain is, for me, a huge leap. For instance when my cat listens to the ambient noises his ears and his attention move at the slightest change. When I play ambient sounds on the hi-fi he ignores it all. Maybe it's not the same as the real thing. fas42, PYP and semente 1 2 Link to comment
GregWormald Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 4 hours ago, feelingears said: Maybe, just maybe, certain audio phenomena need to have a whole article devoted to what the perception is, what the measurement is AND IS NOT, for both qualitative and quantitative characteristics. There are things I've have heard while comparing DACs (very recently for several weeks) that are very, very difficult to put into words, and have made me appreciate even more the subjective nature of this hobby. I tire of the measurement debate as much as the next lurker, but I would also like to see progress made in this hobby so that maybe, just maybe, we can all just get along. ("Aim High" -USAF advertisement) The difficulty is that basic research is very expensive and the audiophile community/market is just too small to generate significant funds. Research into new drugs and how they affect the human body and mind costs $millions but the payoff can be $billions. semente 1 Link to comment
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