Do we really all hear the same

[JackD201]

Now what would be interesting regarding those friends who say "all sounds the same to me" and can't carry songs; can they hear when harmony/melody/some instruments played out of key?
I am assuming they should notice that pretty quickly, so a lot of it comes down to level of critical interest, a friend of mine comes from a very musical family (two brothers trained in piano/saxophone and his parents also have a background with music-singing) and he is happy listening to music through his laptop using connected mini speakers and just shrugs regarding subjective qualitative/satisfaction differences.
Probably like your friends he is not critical of my own purchasing commitment to audio, but is indifferent to it.

Cheers
Orb

Oh a couple of the boys LOVE to sing! They just can't! LOL. It's all good fun since they DO make up for it with stage presence LOL. Anyway it is an awfully small sample size. I'm inclined to think that they may indeed not be able to detect something flat or sharp. In Karaoke theres a melody to follow. Either they can't hear how off they are or they aren't really listening, maybe both.

 

[Orb]

Oh a couple of the boys LOVE to sing! They just can't! LOL. It's all good fun since they DO make up for it with stage presence LOL. Anyway it is an awfully small sample size. I'm inclined to think that they may indeed not be able to detect something flat or sharp. In Karaoke theres a melody to follow. Either they can't hear how off they are or they aren't really listening, maybe both.

LOL
Cheers
Orb

 

[TheMadMilkman]

I had the same concern until I took the test and realized it is completely different. The training is not to teach you what is good or bad speaker. The training involves hearing a coloration and precisely identifying. This is no different than a mechanic knowing what sound to listen for in the engine to know if there are any issues there.

I have taken the blind preference test (different than the training test above) and both times have voted the same as larger population that have tested such tests which included all walks of life

So this post got me reading interviews with Kevin Voecks, which lead to reading reviews of Revel speakers, which lead to finding a dealer and auditioning.

There is a pair of M106 bookshelf speakers in my (hopefully near) future, followed by a matching B110 or 112 sub.

I'm not so naïve as to pretend that only Harman utilizes blind testing or does substantial research, but what they do really works, and in the price range I don't think I've found anything better.