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In Reply to: Just how sensitve is our hearing? posted by PaulF70 on March 7, 2025 at 09:31:13:
I think the primary understanding to consider is that human hearing is only subjective.
the rest of this stuff is just expounding on that statement. no offense intended to those who have already given this audiophile centric concern some thought. or to those who haven't.
if one thinks something sounds good, it does. that is your reality. right or wrong, you will never know, nor care about challenging your own lifelong reality. unless you are a scientist interested in understanding the brain.
this is not to deny reality, but one must be aware that hearing is always only subjective . it did not evolve to be able to objectively analyze hi fi sound, and lacks that ability.
the brain is not concerned with anything other than reporting something to resolve a passing uncertainty and then moving on to the next needed report. because, in uncertainty is threat, and categorizing threats is the evolutionary advantage.
the brain doesn't spend the time to be objective , and such thinking was never an evolutionary advantage. it will make stuff up to fill any uncertainty, that's why suspersticious people only see ghosts at night , when optical uncertainties are more prevalent. errors in hearing have no finite enabling conditions , but it is established fact that the brain will report as a reality what one might desire to hear.
today , logic is the evolutionary advantage. and logic must inform that what the brain reports as hearing becomes each persons separate reality, real or illusionary , one would never know.
understandably , setting a course encompassing the theory of " I don't know what I hear but I can enjoy the reality my brain provides" would upset a lot of audiophiles who think that certain people hear better than standard issue ears can manage, and that they can buy a bunch of stuff and ultimately achieve perfection in sound.
it could very well be that the real advantage of mega buck systems is to play to the ego and to strengthen the owners concept of what they think sounds good. because does it really sound better than a child's suitcase record player , to that listener. most children would know the difference, but wouldn't care.
on a personal note. I am very interested in the new phono stage Michell Engineering was showing at an audio show. I am very biased toward the brand, since I enjoy the very well thought out design of the gyro turntable. I also think that modern designs have the ability to be informed from classic designs from the past, giving some modern designs a market advantage of applied knowledge and modern manufacturing. As employed in the Michell Gyro, a design largely informed by customer feedback and engineering knowledge.
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