Not when it comes to audiophiles.
Have you never wondered how pretentious it is to declare yourself to belonging to some 5% with superhearing. While passing by every opportunity to validate this with controlled listening tests?
Therefore, until further notice, it is 14%, just to make you a little less special. And illusory until proven otherwise.
A nice example of deflecting, obfuscating, nitpicking, strawmanship, and <drums are rolling> FUD. The essence of Jakob# contributions to the DIY Audio world, in a nutshell.
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I don't know of anyone who has made such a declaration. In fact, I have flatly stated I have less than normal hearing, including some loss at HF.
To make a guess, could be you ignore too much when you listen.
He's probably thinking of Bob whose over the moon since he discovered he was actually in the ~2% 😉
A nice example of insulting, snooty, contemptuous, infatuated and <personal attack> POST. The essence of Ovidiu#
Jakob(x) should add you to his resume as a reference. I'm sure it will do him a lot of good
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Ok, let me rephrase that: to some 5 % with average hearing but super analytical hearing skills. It still is 14 % and illusory until proven otherwise.
It can't. And look what seems to happen to those to whom it does matter. I'm not envious, are you?
How do you feel about ScottJ and PMA claiming to hear a 100kHz rolloff in a recording of a preamp?
(You may recall PMA said there is no other explanation besides that they heard 100kHz rolloff phase shift down in the audio band.)
So, 14%?
Would you say, maybe 5%?
Personally, I congratulate them both for trying to listen carefully, for succeeding at hearing a difference, and especially for having the courage to say so in this place.
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Don’t be a hater! 😀
Hey.....anyway you count it there seems to be a disconnect somewhere,
I’ve found things I was hearing (that shouldn’t be heard) during the voicing of my last speaker xo, THEN tried to figure out what it was I was hearing. It wasn’t like I plugged in a new piece and and it kept getting better.....there was a whole lotta worse in there too.
When I get to the indifferent point that’s as far as it goes.
There’s something to this, I’m sure some egghead will stumble onto the math that makes whatever it is happen.
There will be much crow eaten! 😛
You should re-read all your contributions. >90% were well resumed by my pastiche, including this one.Jakob(x) should add you to his resume as a reference. I'm sure it will do him a lot of good
In your place, I would try to understand what frustrations make you so angry and aggressive. Prince Vlad III Basarab was one of your ancestors ?
Putting yourself in such a state for such a derisory subject as that of DIY of high fidelity equipment is not reasonable, it is hardly imaginable how far you could go on something more serious.
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Hearing both voices and music in white noise is common. (with no added assistance to the brain's constant attempts to pattern match).
Not only that but hearing Morse code SOS messages, as experienced by radio operators on ships. Happens when S/N is very poor.
That's because I have golden ears 😉 BTW planet10 attempted to undermine my hearing acuity by searching through this thread and quoting my numerous posts about my tinnitus, I advised him to ask you about the validity of his assumption, I'm guessing he never did?
That statement has no basis in fact, "that which shouldn't be heard" has not been established.
Yep, I deeply regret not having used my famous "scare quotes" and in addition I missed my double negation, which makes it even more worse.... 🙂
There’s a certain tone in my wife’s voice when’s she aggravated that makes me stop hearing voices.....wonder what percentage of men have that happen? 😀
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