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From: greg@olivej.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Golden Ears?
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Date: Tue, 24-Jan-84 14:44:01 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 24 14:44:01 1984
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The sneers directed at serious audiophiles, labelling
them (us?) "Golden Ears" smacks of the mentality one
often finds in conjunction with musical performance:
"I don't know anything about music but I know what
I like".  That's fine, but why condemn someone who
has taken the time and trouble to extend their
perceptions beyond that state?  It only stands to
reason that just as a programmer can improve with
time and experience (if he/she wants to), a cook can
read and practice to develop extended culinary skills,
and a musician can continue to grow artistically through
work and practice, that an audiophile can train and
develop his/her abilities to hear nuances and subtleties
in recorded sound that he/she didn't previously.
So why knock someone for doing that?  Is it defensiveness?
While we're at it, shall we knock Julia Child for alerting
us to the differences in cooking wines?  Funny, but I
never see anyone reacting against "golden palettes" in
net.cooks.

			Greg Paley