orangeart
KJF Audio Ltd.
My thoughts turned recently to the hearing difference between young ears and old, of course it is well understood that the physical mechamism of hearing changes over the years but what about the psychological?
I recently got an LP12 after a LONG time away from records, it's not going to make up a huge part of my listening, more of an amusing aside. My kids thinks it's brilliant, they all love the prog and early rock records I've got. It's the sort of thing they play on guitar and listen to on Tidal etc.
I asked them what it was they liked about the deck, expecting something about the cool record sleeves etc. What they said surprised me.
'It sounds MUCH worse, but somehow it doesn't matter'
Now I happen to generally prefer digital sources, but do think that sometimes the vinyl sounds better, mostly down to the mastering.
When I tried to pin them down I got the impression from thier vague descriptions they were hearing a level of crappiness I wasn't. I don't think however that is a physical thing, I can still hear out to 17k quite well which is probably well past the recordings and the LP12 capability so what gives?
I recently got an LP12 after a LONG time away from records, it's not going to make up a huge part of my listening, more of an amusing aside. My kids thinks it's brilliant, they all love the prog and early rock records I've got. It's the sort of thing they play on guitar and listen to on Tidal etc.
I asked them what it was they liked about the deck, expecting something about the cool record sleeves etc. What they said surprised me.
'It sounds MUCH worse, but somehow it doesn't matter'
Now I happen to generally prefer digital sources, but do think that sometimes the vinyl sounds better, mostly down to the mastering.
When I tried to pin them down I got the impression from thier vague descriptions they were hearing a level of crappiness I wasn't. I don't think however that is a physical thing, I can still hear out to 17k quite well which is probably well past the recordings and the LP12 capability so what gives?