"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 21:30:26 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:

So what is it with B and D? I'm actually surprised you can bear to
listen to them, they are just horrible.


I don't - they bear virtually no relation to what I hear for real!!
(Despite
the Behringer is a million % better than the little lapel mic!!)


Try an experiment. Stick a finger on one ear while you listen - it
turns off some of the brains compensation mechanisms. Does it sound a
little more like the recordings now?


:-)



Incidentally, you should never play a recording back in the room it
was made in - every unflatness multiplies, and the whole thing sounds
appalling.


Sure, bin there, heard that....


snip tale of woe


(I have listened to them all on cheapo Sennheiser HD 202 cans and don't
like
any of them, including the CD direct 'reference' track which sounds like
its
got a foghorn/wet fart blowing all the way through it!!)


Well, it was your choice ;-)


Since this exchange I have heaved stuff about and ended up *exactly* where I
started - totally the opposite of the recordings, asitappens!!!

No complete waste of time though, all part of the learning curve - if
nothing else it has utterly reinforced my preference for 300Bs (against SS,
2A3s and 6550 PP atm) and vinyl in *spades*!! And, believe it or not,
finalised my choice for the EX3/Fidelios!!

All very strange.....