Imaging problem cured by ... brain reset?

[dtvmcdonald]

I'd been having problems with imaging for along time. See a thread in Listening Spaces. By about six weeks ago I had done about as much
with speaker placement and equalization as I could. The frequency response is great at the listening position. But the imaging was just "OK".
So I left it alone. I've been listening a very lot.

And now is seems really really good, both on music and by listening to recorded stacatto pino notes, all 88 keys. When in right speaker only, that where it sounds.
When in the center, that's where it sounds. When in the left, is is about 5% towards the right but stable.

Some time ago I tested my ears. Recently I retested them using exactly te same protocol, with thge same headphones. There was no change.

But imaging has improved. After due consullation with both Claude and ChatGPT about this, it appears that brain reset is a real thing
and is the answer. Comment?

 

[theophile]

Mains power less polluted maybe?

 

[dtvmcdonald]

ROTFLMAO

 

[theophile]

Forgive me for opening my mouth. May you see hear and know only that which accords with your understanding.

 

[Vlad Soare]

After due consullation with both Claude and ChatGPT about this, it appears that brain reset is a real thing
and is the answer. Comment?

Whether brain reset is a real thing or not, I don't know. Maybe it is. All I know is, Claude's or ChatGPT's opinion about it doesn't mean squat.

 

[restorer-john]

Pollution of the mains is a real thing. All sorts of noises make it through. Anyone who says otherwise, clearly hasn't heard utility company ripple control* noises through their amplifiers/speakers when carefully listening late at night.

*Ripple control is used extensively in our state for peak/off peak hot water systems and other power network devices that are controlled via superimposing 500-1500Hz signals onto the mains waveform.

This is what it looks like and boy, can you hear it on some gear!


I think a good rest, several decent nights sleep, good food and no stress always help with a "reset". Listening benefits from that and imaging is one of the most obvious characteristics that seem to snap back into focus. Perhaps it is the improved mental state "default" allows the suspension of disbelief more easily?

 

[dtvmcdonald]

I've got line filters galore ... my stereo electronics sits 6 feet from an antenna radiating 100 watts of RF at 3.5 to 50 MHz.
Except at 14 MHz I now have the effects down to zero. At 14 MHz one OLED monitor goes black every time I transmit!
But they would not stop 500 Hz. The stereo connects to the transmitter only through the AC line, and the air.

 

[Mwdan]

My wife says my brain needs a lot more than a reset. She says it needs a complete rebuild.

 

[Mr Boochie]

But imaging has improved. After due consullation with both Claude and ChatGPT about this, it appears that brain reset is a real thing
and is the answer. Comment?

It's good to go outside and focus on something way off in the distance. Like focusing your camera to ∞

It helps reset the brain — or something — especially if you've been staring at a computer screen for a long time.

 

[theophile]

Why would anyone take brain advice from the brainless AI?

 

[loudnoises]

I find the biggest changes in my hearing are seasonal allergies, humidity, and barometric pressure. These can account for so much.