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The intro to chapter 3 in @Floyd Toole 's book has a striking mention about how musicians performed in the controlled listening tests used to evaluate loudspeakers.
In the well known test of digital codecs comparing, iirrc, 128 kbps MP3, 320 kbps MP3, and uncompressed CD I cannot tell any differences. I read @amirm here explain the training he undertook to better hear defect in audio reproduction. So I assume I could increase the gold carats of my ears if I chose to. I haven't done it.
Of course I understand that most of you consider yourselves music lovers anyway and so will want to say BOTH to answer the poll. But this poll is both a forced-choice bit of fun and a moment to reflect on the question: Do you really want golden-ears? I don't think I do. Isn't the condition of the musicians Floyd related in this quote the happier one?
Some had the occupational handicap of hearing loss; others were clearly more interested in the music than in the sound, and could find "valid interpretations" of instrumental sound in even quite poor loudspeakers.
In the well known test of digital codecs comparing, iirrc, 128 kbps MP3, 320 kbps MP3, and uncompressed CD I cannot tell any differences. I read @amirm here explain the training he undertook to better hear defect in audio reproduction. So I assume I could increase the gold carats of my ears if I chose to. I haven't done it.
Of course I understand that most of you consider yourselves music lovers anyway and so will want to say BOTH to answer the poll. But this poll is both a forced-choice bit of fun and a moment to reflect on the question: Do you really want golden-ears? I don't think I do. Isn't the condition of the musicians Floyd related in this quote the happier one?