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I owe BIS an apology....
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Posted on August 27, 2014 at 08:35:38 | ||
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I had my hearing checked yesterday, and the results were disconcerting to say the least. My left ear has falling sensitivity as frequency rises, not unexpected for someone in his 50s. For some reason, my right ear is significantly worse, and high frequency sensitivity drops off the table above 5000 Hz or so. So what does this have to do with BIS? I’ve posted unflattering comments in the past about the excessive dynamic range on certain BIS SACDs, especially at the quieter end of the scale. I must now officially repudiate those posts because I now realize that I simply am incapable of hearing what’s going on when the dynamics drop below a certain level. My apologies to Robert von Bahr! While contemplating the irony of finally being able to afford a stereo system that I can’t fully appreciate, I ask myself what comes next. A hearing aid? That would help with everyday conversation, but how would my stereo sound? Can even the most sophisticated hearing aid really get music listening right, especially with high-resolution SACDs? Another (more radical) possibility: sell my current 2-channel system and go multichannel. The audiologist suggested that a multichannel system might provide a more immersive listening experience, thus ameliorating my compromised hearing (especially the imbalance between left and right ears). This would indeed be a crossing of the Rubicon; obviously, I’d need to listen to such a system to see if it really addresses my issues. Perhaps Kalman Rubinson can weigh in on this issue. Fellow inmates: please disregard any of my recent posts about dynamic range. And if you have any advice, I’d greatly appreciate it. |
RE: I owe BIS an apology...., posted on August 28, 2014 at 10:30:47 | |
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Poor Disbeliever. He doesn't have anyone else to support him. |
Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha! (nt), posted on August 28, 2014 at 10:32:19 | |
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RE: I owe BIS an apology...., posted on August 30, 2014 at 00:31:37 | |
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Good encouragement. NT, posted on September 1, 2014 at 03:35:38 | |
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