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Old 12th Aug 2014, 9:19 am   #19
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Default Re: Non-linearity of the human ear

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Originally Posted by threeseven View Post
My preference is to let the ear get on with it and leave the amp flat, after all, thats what happens in the natural world, we hear things according to the ears interpretation.
Nowt wrong with helping nature. Listening to music - or speech - can be more enjoyable if you can hear all that's going on. If you leave it to your ailing, non-linear ears, you won't necessarily experience that. I mean, to clarify my position, I'm not looking for an artificially 'boosted', scooped sound with boomy bass and tizzy treble - no way, far from it! - I'm looking for a sound that is balanced, pleasing and 'flat' so that, so to speak, I can hear equal amounts of bass, mids and highs. But we're all different and at the end of the day, our ears are the servants of our brains, and if we - in our brains - have a preference for a listening profile, then that's the way it is, and that's how our brains parse our chosen route to aural pleasure.
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