Perception


I’ve been very happy with my system lately, since I added new speakers and a new amplifier.  I felt it was totally balanced and almost anything I played on it sounded good.  Then a friend came over who had greatly admired my previous system configuration.  This friend owns decidedly mid fi audio equipment  and listens mostly on headphones.
 In short, he didn’t like my current system.
Now, I’m starting to listen to my system through HIS ears and have wondered if it was a mistake to upgrade.
I don’t know if this is a question of perception or weak-mindedness.
So much of the enjoyment of our rigs is in our head.  The system didn’t change.  My perception of it did.
 I now have to fight off his perception and get back to my own.
 I don’t think I’m a unique case. So much of what we perceive in audio is controlled by our psyches.



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Scientists are working on ways, to help those with hearing problems, as an effect of their genes, whether damaged through mutation or inheritance. https://mediu https://www.hear-it.org/genes-dna-and-mutations-and-hearing-loss For the time being; I’ve avoided washing mine in hot water, or drying with excessive heat. I’m also eating a lot more cheese. https://jacksdailydose.com/2017/06/19/hearing-loss-protection-from-cheese/ Those affected by tinnitus, might want to investigate that last reference.
Old rhyme: A centipede was happy – quite! Until a toad said, in fun, "Pray, which leg comes after which?" Which threw her mind in such a pitch, she laid bewildered in the ditch, considering how to run. Analysis Paralysis(long/exhaustive version): https://www.competitivedge.com/frog-and-centipede-story-paralysis-analysis
Perhaps leaving the listening room's a good idea, regarding this issue:  Does anyone else really hate it, when they're singing along with a song, and the artist screws up the lyrics?
Far as, "a reset button": https://news.nd.edu/news/walking-through-doorways-causes-forgetting-new-research-shows/ I was happy to have something on which to blame my forgetting-why-I-went-to-the-kitchen, when I read that, years ago. Now I need an excuse, for standing at the bottom of my stairs, wondering if I had a reason to go up, or- if I just came down. I’d always hoped, getting old would take longer!