On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 14:52:37 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:

"harrogate2" wrote in message
...
I must admit that I have never subscribed to the 'golden ear' brigade.

Believe it - they exist. I once asked my partner (musician) to stop me when
I had increased the sound from a Technics deck (with pitch sliders) by a
semitone by 'blind' listening alone - she stopped me at virtually *dead on*
+ 6%!! (On many other occasions she has been able point out subtle
differences in sounds that I hadn't heard up 'til then but which became
immediately obvious.....)

Many people are blessed/cursed with perfect pitch. That doesn't
actually make them any better at distinguishing tonal differences in
reproduction gear. Note that, once your attention had been drawn to
subtle differences, you too could hear them. This is a matter of
concentration and experience, not hearing acuity.

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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering