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Please define

I read this term a lot here on the Gon, as well as in equipment reviews. When I think about this term, one of two possiblities comes to mind: The sound is so bad that it eventually causes ears to hurt or be fatigued?. Or, the sound lulls the listener to sleep in stead of keeping him awake by drawing him into the beautiful, dynamic music....

So, which one is it, or am I completely off base?? Help
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thedautch
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If you're referring to listener fatigue, it's a term I personally associate with a very forward, in-your-face type of sound. When the soundstage is pushed aggressively and artificially toward me, I lose all sense of background, sublety, microdynamics, and so on. Over time I find that such sonics become "fatiguing" to listen to.

Your mileage may vary, reasonable minds may differ, your gear and your ear, etc.
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