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I began my career working at Aron's Records in Los Angeles and playing sax at different clubs on the Strip. I was then fortunate enough to land a record mastereing position with A&M Records. I now produce records for a major label here in Los Angeles. I'm sincerely not trying to blow my own horn (pardon the pun), but I believe that associates seek my advice regarding the way music ought to sound because I have worked hard to acquire "golden ears" for music.

I spent $14k for 3 ft of the zero audio cables. Golden ears and poop for brains.

Maybe mine is good enough to hear garbage sound comes out from many product called "high-end" in today's market.

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I consider myself an audiophile because I can appreciate, more likely, the sound quality emanating from let,s say a $25k variety of components as opposed to a set-up costing $2.5k. I believe if one were to attain a superior level of listening skills above that of, "good" one would have to listen regularly to distinguish the sound production coming from for example CD players from BAT, ARC,Meridian,etc. Most of us at home cannot afford that luxury.

I know when I hear it if I like it but if CDs sound good to a person are they considered less than audiophile material? I much prefer to just listen than constantly try to scrutinize every frequency and nuance of reproduced music. Now if the right ear worked as well as the left one does I might get more overwrought about continually analyzing what I am hearing. Thankfully that is not a problem. I once read in an issue of Stereophile about the fellow, a celebrity hunk, who did the “I can’t believe its butter” commercials who had “boxes” of cables he had discarded because they didn’t sound right. I really don’t think I could make those kinds of distinctions in what I was hearing. Oh, and I still enjoy music I taped years ago off of the radio and still play on metal cassette tapes. Does that relegate me to being considered unworthy of participation in an audiophile discussion?

My skills have been developed during 30 years of upgrading my system and greatly refined over the last 3 years of active live music. After retiring I have had the time to attend more of the concerts I want to attend because life gets less in the way.

I wonder sometimes if its my lack of listening skills when it comes to hearing substancial difference between cables (main) and CD players (say a $1500 Sony and a $2000 Marantz) or if there are really any significant dividing factors. Matching speakers and amp seems more important to me.

Depends. I hear separate instruments and I recognize digital artifacts usually. I am more focused on the music than the lyrics (now that is a favorite question of mine). When I do get around to focusing on the lyrics (usually second or third spin), I believe I catch most of what the artist is trying to convey. My wife is far superior at lyrics than I. When I listen to classical, I find it hard to listen critically. It mostly takes me away.

But really, without comparisons to others, its pretty difficult to tell.

No earphones and Ipod destruction. Good as new.

How can we be sure on this? It's not like we can compare our hearing to another person's who has it more developed.

I have been involved in live music and the equipment to try to reproduce it for almost half a century.

to know that no sound can be true unless it has the silent matrix like the blank canvess it is when the canvess is blank that you hear the trueness of the sound i notice the canvess it is what makes sound so nice for good listing.

Golden ears? maybe John Atkinson, Mickey Fremer or Bob Reina, but for sure no Art Dudley or Paul Messenger (especially Mr. Messenger, who writes in a manner for Stereophile and in other for the english mags). Mine? after +30 years listening, I can only say that if you are not exposed to the good stuff your ears are "blind". In the last 10 years I invested +15.000$ in equipment and NOW I hear the difference, it´s a step with no return, aided by no less than 30 concerts a year that help to know exactly the sound of the real instrument

I know the difference between good and bad but my ears (and aural memory) are not infallible.

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