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WAF - music to my ears

My wife isn't much into my audio equipment and her most common request is for me to run it down.  I genuinely do not listen to it loud very often and almost never when she's around, but I'm conditioned to push it up a couple extra notches so that I can comply with the turn it down requests and still have a reasonable listening level.  

The other night we were sitting on the couch and as I was scrolling through the list of albums I came across a Holst Planets that I know she enjoys.  We started with Mars thinking it was her favorite Jupiter, so after finishing the song we moved on to her favorite.  It was music to my ears when she noted that it was a bad recording.  I promptly did a quick search for the other version that I have (that was purchased for this very reason) and we enjoyed the entire album together after the kids went to bed.

She doesn't seem to notice any of the changes/improvements that I do to my system, but at least she can recognize a poorly recorded album.

mceljo

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ghdprentice
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Women have better hearing than men. They respond to high frequency distortion and high noise floors immediately. Unless, the music is presented without harshness and digital edge, they do not respond to the music.

So, changes in your system have probably not decreased the edge to music, but the recording mastering has.

 

My partner of 37 years has accompanied me on trips to high end stores and listened to my system. Until my current system (under my UserID) has typically responded poorly because of the high frequency (SS) hash and distortion. A really bad recording will still send her running… but only on <1% of recordings. The all tube system, that emphasizes musicality is forgiving enough for even a women to enjoy. Thank you Audio Research.

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