cliveb wrote: > Had a read of them and no surprises - most people finding it difficult > to tell any significant difference. > > What I found most interesting was the demographic split. The younger > participants found the track with less dynamic range to be the most > revealing, while the older ones picked the tracks with more dynamic > range. The youngsters also seemed to slightly prefer the iPhone whereas > the oldies liked the Oppo and Sony players. To me this seems to indicate > that what you grow up with is a greater factor in perceived quality than > the intrinsic character of the sound. Nurture more significant than > nature, as it were.
Hi Clive, Yup. I found this interesting and wasn't quite expecting these findings either until I noticed for some reason, the iPhone preference came primarily from the <40 year olds for some reason. The more I've looked and considered the hi-fi hobby, the more the importance of what happens behind the scenes during production becomes. Loud, dynamically compressed, distorted sounds have become the norm of what younger generations listen to. While there has always been some "studio magic" in all our albums, and nobody really thinks studio are supposed to sound "live", the loss of a more dynamic, "natural" sound probably does over time "program" our brains to think and feel different... You never know about humans ;), maybe the pendulum eventually swings back and at some point people might long for a change to something not so loud and synthetic. Archimago's Musings: (archimago.blogspot.com) A 'more objective' audiophile blog. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110104 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
