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In Reply to: RE: You said that "You" have a therory. I have a therory that the sky is blue. posted by Chris O on November 06, 2009 at 12:57:05
Thought I did post my theory, "tuning in to what we like and don't like".
My personal observation, is that is what I do. There are a lot of bright people that post to this site. Was hoping someone might post that they have, or have not had similar experiences and maybe if so, why it is our brains do this.
Have been switching between amps and tube types last few weeks. Replaced 6CA7's with 6n3cE's (Russian lettering). After a few days the highs became very pleasing, but noticed to a minor degree clutter (possibly distortion) in the mid-range. Switched to EL84 amplifiers, high end sounded dull for a day or so, then started to hear the emotion in the mid-range.
Recalled a post, think it was audiogon discussion that said, "never listen to your system when you are in a bad mood". Don't agree with it, but do think that in part it was referring to a critical disposition, that is part of human hearing.
The other side of it, there are sound characteristics that I am particularly fond of. Have selected equipment that provides that, and find myself, even when music is a background, say working, when a song comes on that emphasizes it, quickly catches my attention, stop what I am doing to listen to it.
More generally, it seems our brain does something, over time, to tune what we hear in our systems. Did try to find peoples theories regarding this in earlier posts, didn't find much. Won't try to paraphrase Dr. Tomatis, but he found similar in human interaction, regarding what we tune in and out.
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