rajacat;157808 Wrote: > I suspect that many people couldn't identify the various scotches in > your test. Indeed, the same could be said for the tasting of fine > wines, if fact, many prefer a cheap sweet wine to the best dry > Cabernet's. > > It follows that the appreciation of high end audio gear might be futile > for those whose ears might not be sensitive to the subtle nuances that > the best gear reveals. For example, not everyone can distinguish the > fine differences that are evident with tube rolling or changing > interconnects or etc.,etc. For many a boom box is all that is needed. > > Raja
The long held theory with wines and spirits etc., is that after you've had one or two, your taste buds are numbed in some way. Taste being one of the senses, is it not possible that hearing works in a similar way? Your ears getting tuned to one system and then (as you would postulate) unlike the taste buds, are able to instantaneously adjust to the next sound? You think the sense of hearing has zero time lag? I don't know, but I doubt it. Are ears not subject to 'sound retention or sound effect delay', in the same way as your sense of taste? I play golf, and after a couple of holes it's amazing how my sight 'tunes in' to long distances. dan -- chinablues ------------------------------------------------------------------------ chinablues's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29025 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
