For audio, time needs to run in reverse to better relate hearing and
income. Your peak hearing ability occurs at about age 19 which is at
the wrong end of the income scale. After you retire your hearing has
deteriorated so much that you'll never be able to hear the difference in
what you're then able to afford. :-)
From this page <http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2003/ChrisDAmbrose.shtml>
"The range of hearing for a healthy young person is 20 to 20,000 hertz.
The hearing range of humans gets worse with age. People lose the ability
to hear sounds of high frequency as they get older. The highest
frequency that a normal middle-aged adult can hear is only 12-14
kilohertz. Also, the hearing range for men worsens more quickly than the
hearing range for women."
And for research on causes:
<http://seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Health/6-02-10-HearingAbilityasWeAge.htm>
Chuck Norcutt
Willie Wonka wrote:
> You guyses are nutz...:)
>
> Seriously, doesn't it hurt?
>
> My system is 2X100W and I never pass the ten percent of power, where
> it starts feeling uncomfortable. Wasnt the power needed just so the
> amp would be able to faithfully reproduce the whole dynamic range?
> If so isnt something like 100-120W enuf?
>
> No wonder why you need bomshelters, otherwise there is the danger of
> the ceiling falling on your head...:)
>
> I too have sound absorbing material on the walls at home, but my time
> alone room dozent look nearly as nice as Fernando's. One day...when
> I retire...I have no idea what my system would look like, but would
> definately include a homebrewed Quad 405 for listening to my about
> 200 and growing collection of vinyl records.
>
> Boris
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Subject: Re: [OM] (OT & OT) Panorama problem
>
> From: Fernando Gonzalez Gentile <fgnzalez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 19:47:19 -0300
>
>
>
>
> Ian:
>
> LOL :-) - yes, I know of all these frustrations. Neighbor trouble is
> the worst of them, wife-factor is not in my case, since she likes
> music (not everything I do, but some). Maybe these frustrations are
> better known for me than for you, since it's not easy to earn the
> money to buy this stuff in Uruguay. I have weird plans 'though. First
> I must sell those nice XPL160, then the Bryston 4B ST should be easy
> to sell.
>
> I will not reach 500/Ch, but 300/Ch are good enough for me. It will
> mean a strong effort and a quantum leap, but if I succeed I plan to
> buy a pair of PMC MB2i (still don't know how much do them cost ...
> any idea?), and a 4B SST². Will not sell my Meridian 508-24 nor my
> Bryston preamp, and of course none of my analog front-end. What does
> DP stand for? and the rest of the spelling :-) ? hey, I can hardly
> write English, mercy please.
>
> These days I'm more on some good Jan Garbarek, John Surman, Mirolav
> Vitous, Paul Bley. Perhaps you'd like to see my other listening room
> panos: none of them showed misalignments except the one already
> shown.
>
> ........................................................................
>
>
> Chuck:
>
> I preferred a Flat geometric model, and didn't quite understand the
> reason for Spherical or Cylindrical., which rendered a wrong
> perspective. Besides, I has to set the Stylus zoom to a FL equiv to a
> normal lens - if equiv to a wide angle ( ~35mm) they were stitched
> even worse.
>
> ...........................................................................
>
>
> Anyway, here they are for Ian. Only first three are panos, the
> remaining links are for the 'For Sale' project :-)
>
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/fernando_gonzalez_gentile/3526192041/sizes/l/>
>
>
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/fernando_gonzalez_gentile/3526212715/sizes/l/>
> --> already posted.
>
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/fernando_gonzalez_gentile/3526223723/sizes/l/>
>
>
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/fernando_gonzalez_gentile/3526291465/sizes/l/>
>
>
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/fernando_gonzalez_gentile/3526318505/sizes/l/>
>
>
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/fernando_gonzalez_gentile/3527136308/sizes/l/>
>
>
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/fernando_gonzalez_gentile/3526331533/sizes/l/>
>
>
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/fernando_gonzalez_gentile/3527142764/sizes/l/>
>
>
> Wish me luck !
>
> Fernando.
>
> Ian Manners wrote:
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/fernando_gonzalez_gentile/3526212715/sizes/l/
>>>
>>>
>> Dude, one of us
>>
>> I though I was the only one that used absorbtion tiles at home ! My
>> drives are twice the size of yours though [500w RMS per Ch] :-)
>>
>> Keep the sub woofer in the bomb shelter pointed out the exit behind
>> the bushs.
>>
>> And I wear eye muffs when I turn the volume up, especially on
>> Hawkwind or DP which is rare these days as my wife doesnt like it
>> when the house bounces. Good for vibrating the niebhours across the
>> roads windows and wooden floor bords with a sig gen hooked up. Dont
>> think they have figured it out yet.
>>
>> These days I like my classics, solo's and vocals more though so I
>> stick with my 80w 10" Vifa's for that, better definition.
>>
>> Cheers Ian Manners http://www.comkal.net/
>
>
>
>
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