I think this speaks to the point that one needs large groups and controls and/or one needs to conduct the test over time.
Yes again, I can't help but commend Slim Devices. A 30 day trial period, no questions. How many dealers offer that? tomjtx;144052 Wrote: > I see your point, but if you read A's statement it doesn't sound quite > so ridiculous. > Lets consider musical memory, aural, visual and muscle memory from a > musicians viewpoint. > I memorize pieces quickly. If Ihave a piece memorized for a week and > then don't play it for a week I lose most of all 3 types of memory. > Conversely, a piece I have played for years will stay in all types of > memory for months. > > In university, music students have aural dictation tests where they > have to write out a melody they hear or harmonies they hear(melodic and > harmonic dictation) > > This is a skill that is developed with practice. > This skill is based on aural memory. The musician must remember that a > particular note he hears is the note he must write on the page. > To hone my memory I write out the pieces I play from my aural memory > without the guitar in front of me. > > The performance of a piece of music is an act of remembering the > future, if we don't don't know where the piece ends we can't play the > beginning with insight ( I am speaking hear of interpreting a through > composed piece) > > My point is .not all aural memry is fleeting. The more and longer we > hear something the longer we retain it in our memory . > > when I auditioned a new amp for my system I chose a few recordings I > knew very well. I had analyzed the compositional structure and was very > aware of the articulation of different lines. I heard a big difference. > Rythmic articulation was > clearer, inner voices easier to hear etc. > If I had listened to unfamiliar recordings I think it would have been > harder to hear those differences. > So, is it possible that much blind testing relies on short term aural > retention rather than long term. Perhaps a blind test which uses > recordings testers are intimately familiar with on that system could > yield different results? I don't have an opinion on that, just > curious. > > So listening to a composition for many months increases the long term > aural retention of the composition and could lead to a greater degree > of acuity evaluation prcess. > I only mean to say that this could be one factor in A's differing > results. There may be an aural component to this and not ONLY other > factors. -- highdudgeon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ highdudgeon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2195 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28368 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
