I suppose you were very careful about polarity (not to swap wires to the posts)?
binding post break in
yesterday I replaced my binding posts on my rogue audio m150 monos with the highly regarded wbt nextgen copper binding posts and yes there was more detail,but it was also thin and not as harmonic and rich, and not as open sounding as before. I have been listening to the wonderfull sounding kenny burrell guitar forms latey and have really liked how it sounded on my system,but after I put in the wbts his guitar sounded strummy and hooded , the higher strings sounded thinner and the middle and lower strings sounded sucked out . well crap. is this another case of [ it needs 256 and a half hours of break in and then it will sound great!] or what? has anybody out there had any experience with these binding posts ? I am very good at soldering so i dont think that a bad joint is the reason I am hearing what I do, any ideas ? is there a richer sounding binding post with some body and still very good low level detail ? or will they really change that much with some break in ? thanks , chris
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Yeah - be careful - if you are looking for or expecting to hear something then you often do - our mind plays tricks but its worse our hearing can even play REAL tricks. There is a little known (at least to audiophiles) muscle in the ear that probably has the purpose of helping us escape predators or danger. This muscle tightens in the ear when we concentrate on sound or we are stressed and it allows us to better hear the mid range frequencies at the expense of the bass response. A few people can voluntarily control this muscle or have trained themselves to do so. Many people do not know when it activates or de-activates but concentration on sound will usually trigger it involuntarily. Anyway, I simply point this out because people are so eager to jump to conclusions that have no scientific explanation whilst they may be too quick to overlook the most obvious ...our own hearing or minute changes in listening position (a few inches can matter)! |
Here is some info. Some postulate that the ability to filter out low frequencies reduces masking effects and possibly lets us concentrate on a sound or its direction. Perhaps useful to our ancestors to detect predators while we were eating or simply helpful whenever we need to concentrate on midrange sounds. In any case, I believe you can train yourself to be aware of it - if not to control it. Acoustic reflex |