There are two types of people…those who take others word s for gospel …and those who have their own experience to develop their own gospel ….imo1 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 5:40 pm I did an AES keynote a few years ago and the presenter after me(Eric Valentine--brilliant!) did his speech on quantitatively proving that aural testing is a flawed methodoogy. I know a lot of builders of high end studio audio(mostly vintage varietals) and though they definitely value high quality components and understand material types for resistors and capacitors, they really seem to understand a level of audio tuning that is much more practical. /my opinions on resistor and cap brands(within composition types) are that this is mostly a non factor, and the only real consideration would be quality of components(such as ESR for caps). To that regard, this is where I wonder if Dumble was a putting a little bit of pretend fairy dust on things. I just think if you are talking about a touring rig, unless you are bundling unlike cables together with some awareness that I haven't yet seen or heard, I need some true convincing.
If I listened and believed every know it all who ever told me that “this” or “that” won’t make a difference , or “you can’t hear or feel that”, well at the very least I’d be wrong too lol
Let’s get real folks . Listening is a developed skill . Some people can identify and remember every note within a musical progression , others can’t identify a single note if they wanted to at any point in time … even if they tried really hard for years on end….same goes for every skill in life . Experiment and develop as much experience as dumble did, and then maybe dare to make conclusions .
This ain’t about dick measuring and seeing who can hear what , but it’s about understanding that not everyone hears the same .
I remember growing up hearing an overdriven power chord and assumed it was more than two notes becomes of the complexity of the harmonic overtones . now I know better.
I remember listening to the album Friday night live in San Francisco for the first time as a teenager and all I heard was nonsense . Too many notes . Took me about 10 listens to break it down .
Listening is a developed skill .