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| Learning to Listen: Neurological Evidence …the pre concert lecture…....We attend a majority of pre concert lectures. They’re interesting and add great context. I can’t say they have ever made me a better listener in a manner that would translate at home. | |
| Learning to Listen: Neurological Evidence @frogman, thank you. I touched on attending live music in my first post, and I'm happy to see you eloquently expand upon that.Your idea of enrolling in a music appreciation course is something I hadn't considered. I took a music appreciation cours... | |
| Townshend Springs under Speakers The Star Sound Apprentice platforms have provided those similar results in my audio system. The effect is as if the speakers disappeared in my room. I think it is fair to conclude that both products get the job done exceptionally well. I don’t bel... | |
| Learning to Listen: Neurological Evidence The message is that for musicians the most important considerations when judging excellence (or lack of) in a performance are rhythmic accuracy (timing) and pitch (intonation). Without those, good ensemble cohesion is impossible. When that cohesio... | |
| Learning to Listen: Neurological Evidence Our brains definitely “fill in gaps” from data supplied by our ears, eyes, nose, skin, etc. This is a long-established area of medical/psychiatric study. I’m a magic enthusiast. Not a practicing magician (was when I was a kid), but someone who fol... | |
| Learning to Listen: Neurological Evidence Opus 3 depth of image LP@tomic601, I took a look at this recording, and it’s right in line with the theme of this thread. Great suggestion. Ordered one. Reminds me of some incredible binaural recordings I’ve heard. Here’s a list of a few.@bluorion... | |
| Learning to Listen: Neurological Evidence Learning to play music really does help improve your listening. Absolutely agree, and have written about this previously in a coupleListening threads.These steps have helped me:1) Hearing live music. As an extension, being trained to play in an en... | |
| How To Do You Measure the Quality of Your AC Power? They tested the line from the street to my meter. I don’t know what they tested exactly. Is that the same thing?At our place, the power quality survey took four weeks. They installed a special meter at our service panel from which they downloaded ... | |
| Panamax Power Conditioner: Keep or Upgrade Maybe I’ll start with a dedicated power line off the mains box too?!Wise choice. Consider installing an Environmental Potentials EP-2050 whole house surge protector and noise filter at the service panel as part of the installation. | |
| Townshend Springs under Speakers @stringreen...my thinking is that if the speaker can rock, the timing will suffer - don’t know that as fact..just wondering), also my speakers are extremely heavy and would require hired hands to complete the setup.. too much for an experiment.Yes... | |
| Townshend Springs under Speakers For those who might want to read R. Vandersteen’s comment:I have tried to duplicate Townshend’s test results but was unable to measure the amount of movement of the floor in the lab or my home (was unable to sinc the test with a earthquake even th... | |
| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS Grant after following your recommendation? It’s the interconnect probably it’s loose . If that’s true, then excellent news!If you have some contact cleaner/enhancer, then now might be a good time to clean your interconnects and apply some contact ... | |
| Townshend Springs under Speakers Seems to me, when it comes to Vandersteen loudspeakers, the best advice comes from Richard Vandersteen. He's a very thorough designer.If a Vandersteen owner reports results using Townshend podiums, then that will offer some further insight.Until t... | |
| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS Using the same recording, and same track on the same source component...Swap your amplifier interconnects at the preamp. Left IC to right output, and Right IC to left output.Does the scratch follow the swap? If so, it’s not the amplifier. It’s ups... | |
| Listening Descriptor Chart @sbank, that's a very interesting, and helpful diagram. Thanks for linking to it. |