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In Reply to: Fetcher Munson Curve vs. the notion of high-frequency extension posted by Duster on March 22, 2021 at 05:25:18:
I'm preparing a new line-up of cables that have been very revealing of how "unbalanced sounding" in terms of tonality some audio cables can sound due to what I consider spotlighted treble, when the ear becomes unnaturally attracted to what's being presented at the very top-end of the frequency extremes, not unlike how some listeners who are bass-heads concentrate on the bottom-end above all else. The ear should be attracted to the critical midband where most spatial cues, ambient information, and timbrel delineation resides. I seek a presentation where images tend to pop from a blackened background, for both soundstage depth and forward dynamics to be better expressed without what can seem a rather unnatural notion that a detailed sounding cable or power cord is based on detail that's presented at the top-end as proof of being a detailed cable, to one's ear.
A lowered noise floor tends to be experienced as a more revealing level of resolution within the critical midband, with better fleshed-out images and timbrel texture, as well as a greater level of contrast for inner detail and trailing decay to be observed. The ear needs to be very aware of what's observable within the midband where most musical information is found, not pay one's primary attention towards hyper-detailed and too airy treble energy that is more akin to signal processing than natural acoustics. A point of issue is at times there is very little natural treble energy within a recording, other than the highest harmonics of the instruments and the high frequency shimmer of cymbals that should also pop within the soundstage without spurious false detail based on etched treble that some folks believe to be a very detailed sounding cable.
If I find myself being attracted to what's happening at the top-end as though it is a place where my ear can linger, there is something happening that simply does not occur in real-world acoustics, of which I believe is paramount. One should not pay attention to what a cable is producing, it's the signal being passed with a level of transparency from top to bottom with a tonality that is realistically conveyed without alteration, without a bottom-end that's too big to be real, nor an artificially spotlighted treble that may include a hyper-detailed aspect that may be perceived as extended treble.
Cheers, Duster
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- More to the point is 'spotlighted' treble being confused with extended treble. - Duster 12:17:47 03/23/21 (0)
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