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In Reply to: Confession time: Have you ever "tricked" your own ears? posted by genungo on September 11, 2014 at 08:14:29:
I'm glad you began this conversation, because I think it's very important. I have noticed seemingly big differences in the sound of my components from day to day when nothing has changed--same sources, components, room, listening position, etc. One evening I'll hear a hard over crispness that seems to vanish the next listening session. Surely our hearing mechanisms vary slightly day-to-day with our physical state, the temperature and humidity in the room, etc. that can affect what we hear.
As you suggested, expectations of what we are likely to hear affect our perceptions too. Lately, out of curiosity, I bought some "exotic" speaker cables and interconnects. I bought used stuff not wanting to spend too much money on this experiment. The cables cost on the order of 100 times the cost of the Radio Shack interconnects and inexpensive stranded copper from the big box home center I used and, while I could hear differences, they were very minor, certainly not so significant that I was encouraged to look at even more costly components.
Good topic!
Best,
George
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Follow Ups
- RE: Confession time: Have you ever "tricked" your own ears? - George S. Roland 08:48:27 09/12/14 (3)
- RE: Confession time: Have you ever "tricked" your own ears? - middleground 04:38:24 09/13/14 (1)
- Excellent post - Inmate51 08:20:45 09/14/14 (0)
- Amen. - genungo 09:27:35 09/12/14 (0)
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