2 Apr
2013
2 Apr
'13
5 p.m.
On Tue, Apr 02, 2013 at 02:35:29PM +0200, Peder Hedlund wrote:
I saw a test where a bunch of professional musicians
and engineers
listened to a guitar player playing an old $5000 Les Paul and a $500
copy and were asked to tell which was the expensive one. About half
of them failed, including the guitar player in the group.
The same was true for a Stradivarius and a cheap beginners violin,
though IIRC the violin player was correct.
Isn't there a thing called hearing fatigue? Where you may not be able
to acurately tell the difference in a blind test, (hell, even bad gear
can sound better to certain people playing certain music.) but where,
after a longish period of time, the listener may tire and get fatigued
with the cheaper stuff? (e.g. beginners violin) compared to a lot longer
listening period on say, a Stradivarius?
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