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In Reply to: RE: Thanks posted by unclestu on August 31, 2014 at 12:55:34
Anything's possible, I guess...Most likely, these reviewers are *not* doing what most other listeners would not be doing. They are not wondering about things that are *not heard*. If they can't hear it then why should it matter... to them, you, or anyone else?
How do you know that you aren't the one with hearing problems? Could it possibly be that your ears are picking up on minor distortion artifacts that everyone else's ears happily ignore?
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My ears are bad.... I guess George Louis',Clark Johnsen's, Paul McGowen of PS Audio are equally bad since they can hear polarity, too.
Incidentally try comparing the sound of your Grados to your AKGs. The AKGs are supposed to be inverted in polarity. Curiously. the original Grado Signatures had a polarity switch built into their top line phones so someone there obviously could hear it.
If you don't hear it,fine. Just cause you do not hear it does not mean everyone else is the same.
... is the polarity that sounds best to the individual. Who are you (or Clark, or anyone else in your distinguished company...) to say what is most "realistic" sounding to another's ears? Hifi is artifice. All YOU really *know* is what sounds most realistic to YOU (and a small minority of others like you).So, Joe Grado - out of the kindness of his heart - put a polarity switch on his headphones. Is it possible that Joe might have done this so that everyone could decide for themselves which way sounded "correct"? Did John Grado eliminate the polarity switch only because he felt that "Simpler is Better"? Or, did John also suspect that searching for the "correct" polarity in many recordings was tantamount to heading the proverbial wild goose chase?
You cannot speak for everyone, you cannot assume that those who differ with you are somehow lost. The thought of anyone refusing to genuflect before your Holy Grail as they pass by seems to disturb the heck out of you but please, try to get over it. People have different opinions about what sounds most realistic. So what?
YOU are in the minority, remember? So, I'd say that a lot of people hear things a little bit differently than you do...
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And pray tell why do the vast majority of listeners seem to unanimously agree that audio playback can NOT approach the real life experience?Think about it. Perhaps a closer approximation of reality is not what you want, but i believe you are the one projecting your opinion on others.
Just because McDonalds sells more hamburgers than anyone else doesn't make them the best in either taste (highly subjective) or nutritious. They simply cater to the lower common denominator.
It is quite obvious that you have very different goals from your audio system. I define a realistic system as being much more than FR: you don't. That's fine by me.
And i'll leave it at that.
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I think that, most likely, there are a number of reasons (both explained and unexplained) why live music sounds different than reproduced music. But, it almost sounds as if you think there might be but ONE major reason for the differences: "If only all the drivers moved forward at once instead of backwards and forward...", etc... Whatever you say, Stu.I'm trying to let my ears define what realism is. I would suggest that others, including you, try to do the same thing. If you think that "perfect polarity" is the Holy Grail then more power to you. If someone does not hear the things that Unclestu *claims* to hear, more power to them.
OTOH if we review Unclestu's numerous posts on the subject at hand, it becomes laughingly obvious that you are the guy with the axe to grind here, going so far as to dismantle a pair of *incoherent* KEF LS50 speakers in the process. Hey, the evidence speaks for itself...
Anyone who dares to question Uncle's authority (John Atkinson, for example) is a villain, of course. The self appointed preacher of perfect polarity thinks that he's eating steak while everyone who disagrees with him is eating at McDonalds? Wow, now THAT is funny!
Get over yourself.
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