In Reply to: If you search... posted by mkuller on March 21, 2017 at 20:54:02:
>>.you will see this subject has been raised and shot down numerous times before.
Critical listening is about training to see, if you will, the various trees in the forest.
Not just your ability to see the top of the forest.
Whatever hearing acuity curve you have is identical for listening to live music and for listening to recorded music at home.<<
So, a reviewer who can't hear much above 10,000 Hz is perfectly qualified to make sage pronouncements about the top octave performance of a given speaker / amplifier / DAC /phono setup?
THat's not rational.
Science doesn't care what you believe.
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- RE: If you search... - triamp 22:06:39 03/21/17 (6)
- Since you're 40 dB down at 10 kHz. yourself... - Dave Pogue 05:57:48 03/22/17 (5)
- Besides, at 87 finding home after grocery shopping is of more import than hearing 17kHz. nt - Rick W 10:48:07 03/22/17 (4)
- Funny i should read this right after coming home from grocery shopping ... - Dave Pogue 11:36:53 03/22/17 (3)
- RE: Funny i should read this right after coming home from grocery shopping ... - Norman M 08:21:02 03/23/17 (1)
- Whatever turns you on. - Dave Pogue 09:39:15 03/23/17 (0)
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