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Originally Posted by Ty Ford
Impaired is not a word I'd use.
We are all listening from somewhere on a spectrum. In fact, I'd say there are more than one; pitch, rhythm, harmonic, and others.
I know some folks who are much more critical with pitch than they are with noises and vice versa.
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You're right. Impaired is not the right word, although I am 67 and have lost a bit of acuity and high freq. sensitivity. Unable to distinguish or uneducated would have been more appropriate to describe someone who isn't able to hear differences. But ****, I'm a very close and attentive listener, know a great recording when I hear one and am interested in fidelity second only to the song. And yet my opinion of my own sensitivity may be wrong.
PS - Here's a video from Fran Guidry comparing a $100 mic to a $1600 mic. If this recording was part of a larger group of instruments, I'd be skeptical that someone, such as yourself, would be able to guess which was which. Or am I wrong to be skeptical about that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=Nj98niBSSTc