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In Reply to: Exactly! posted by E-Stat on February 25, 2007 at 07:50:20:
When you reach the age where over 10kHz. becomes faint, or inaudible, you are at a disadvantage no matter how much "training" you have ... versus a young man with some high-end audio experience and a strong interest in audio.Geezers also become less tolerant of new technology and new ideas:
"Those good old 78rpm shellac and 33rpm vinyl/tube amps/horn speakers played REAL music -- much better than the braying soul divas/screamers/ young whippersnappers you hear these days on CDs whose sound quality is just like fingernails scratching a blackboard".
. John "Old Geezer" Smith
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Richard BassNut Greene
Subjective Audiophile 2007
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For hearing skills, youth triumphs over old geezers with "training"If your choice happens to be test tones, then I would agree with you. On the other hand, I find that a considerable amount of the information that conveys the musical truth can be found in the "lower" nine octaves. I would far more trust the judgement of my mentors (both in their sixties) than any clueless teenager who has likely never ever been to the symphony, much less attended many hundreds of concerts.
BTW, many "geezers" can hear frequencies well above 10k. An engineer in his upper 60s over at vintage says he was tested to about 14k.
" I would far more trust the judgement of my mentors (both in their sixties) than any clueless teenager who has likely never ever been to the symphony, much less attended many hundreds of concerts."There are loads of teenagers toiling away at various music conversatories.
Music making the painting, recording it the photograph
We need more young folks to get interested in the finest reproduction of music. I got heavily involved with listening to classical music when I starting working at an audio shop at age 18. I really had little choice! Whether it was the store owner or the two TAS reviewers who I met about the same time, the main menu for serious listening and evaluations always consisted of classical repertoire.
"There are loads of teenagers toiling away at various music conservatories." [corr.]Indeed, I've known quite a few music students, both as students and when they got older.
One of the best ways to hear free live music is to attend student recitals.
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"Nature loves to hide."
---Heraclitus of Ephesus (trans. Wheelwright)
"One of the best ways to hear free live music is to attend student recitals."Agreed and thanks for the correction.
Music making the painting, recording it the photograph
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