At 9:10 AM -0700 3/19/09, Dan Dugan wrote:
>Rob Danielson wrote:
>
>> I did some blind A/B testing of the 744T's
>> internal pre and an MP2 when I first got my 744T
>> years back thinking I finally had a good way be
>> to compare/hear the much discussed "warmer,
>> fuller" transformer sound of the MP2. I tried all
>> the mics I had. I guessed wrong over 60% of the
>> time which confirmed that I have much less
>> discriminatory hearing than pros.
>
>Might just have meant that people often claim to hear differences that
>disappear when level-matched and blind.
>
>-Dan Dugan
>
Good. Maybe there's still hope for me. I think one is considerably
more likely to detect differences between mics in stereo pairs than
differences in sound quality between good pres. Rob D.
I think there is more than just hope for you Rob.
If there is one thing I have learnt whilst being on this group is you have a
fine pair of ears!
I am often amazed at some of the insight you are able to draw from listening to
peoples recordings, from some detail you hear you are able to discern some
topographical feature where the recording was made!
Phil
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