listener fatigue is a function of the money you've spent on your hi-fi...as the monetary investment increases, the anxiety and worry we experience over neutrality, detail, bass slam, etc, etc increases (at least exponentially)
relax and don't buy into the idea that throwing silly amounts of money at your hifi is going to solve fatigue problems. if your financial stake in your hi-fi isn;t the cause of listener fatigue the you either need to admit da Nile isn't just a river in Egypt, take this hobby less seriously, scrap your system and start over again or sell your gear and buy a Tivoli radio.
. it really sucks to suspect the $$$ (read "most or all of your discretionary cash) you just spent on an amp, pre, cdp, etc has not just failed to improve the listening experience but has actually wrecked a system we were able to live with and listen to without "serious" complaint.
i'm not saying we should abandon our quest for the grail as audiophiles, nor am i saying that there is no relationship between gear and unpleasant ear/headaches some of us suffer as time passes during a listening session.
we should all laugh at ourselves once in a while, we are nuts right?
i'm not trying to fan flames here, but if listener fatigue is your biggest problem in life you've got a sweet thing going.
relax and don't buy into the idea that throwing silly amounts of money at your hifi is going to solve fatigue problems. if your financial stake in your hi-fi isn;t the cause of listener fatigue the you either need to admit da Nile isn't just a river in Egypt, take this hobby less seriously, scrap your system and start over again or sell your gear and buy a Tivoli radio.
. it really sucks to suspect the $$$ (read "most or all of your discretionary cash) you just spent on an amp, pre, cdp, etc has not just failed to improve the listening experience but has actually wrecked a system we were able to live with and listen to without "serious" complaint.
i'm not saying we should abandon our quest for the grail as audiophiles, nor am i saying that there is no relationship between gear and unpleasant ear/headaches some of us suffer as time passes during a listening session.
we should all laugh at ourselves once in a while, we are nuts right?
i'm not trying to fan flames here, but if listener fatigue is your biggest problem in life you've got a sweet thing going.