The Musical Ear...

steveinaz
steveinaz Posts: 19,538
edited August 2009 in The Clubhouse
Very interesting article:
http://www.newmusicbox.org/article.nmbx?id=4077
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited August 2009
    Good read. Thanks.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited August 2009
    Excellent read. Thank you.

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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,907
    edited August 2009
    This is why it cracks me up when the objectivists state that everyone hears the same. They claim there is no such thing as what they refer to as 'golden ears', so there is no way one person could hear or perceive something that another person can't. This is, of course, "verified" by the inherently flawed double blind test.
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited August 2009
    Very informative!
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited August 2009
    It's easy to understand why speaker "taste" is all over the map. Something as simple as the shape of your ears will likely determine what you like.

    Next time you are listening to music, push the back, outer edge of your ear forward, just an 1/8" of an inch---BIG difference huh? Now press them back to the point where they nearly touch the sides of your head, treble & mids are far less pronounced...
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited August 2009
    steveinaz wrote: »
    It's easy to understand why speaker "taste" is all over the map. Something as simple as the shape of your ears will likely determine what you like.

    Next time you are listening to music, push the back, outer edge of your ear forward, just an 1/8" of an inch---BIG difference huh? Now press them back to the point where they nearly touch the sides of your head, treble & mids are far less pronounced...

    OH man!!! I'm done tweaking my system! Off to buy a roll of scotch tape, see ya later guys!!! :D



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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited August 2009
    That's actually a good idea, treble articulation here I come...LOL
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited August 2009
    The part about beats is a touch inaccurate- you can play the two tones into separate ears and still hear the beats, indicating that the source of this phenomenon is in how our brain processes the tones, NOT the tones interacting on the basilar membrane.
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited August 2009
    interesting point of view.
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  • John30_30
    John30_30 Posts: 1,024
    edited August 2009
    concealer404 wrote: »
    OH man!!! I'm done tweaking my system! Off to buy a roll of scotch tape, see ya later guys!!! :D



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    Dynamat, here!

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