Ear Fatigue

[avidyarthy]

Plain and simple conclusion here .... only for those who are open enough to try it, of course. Just as people make it a point to audition speakers with different amplifiers and vice versa, try auditioning a 'set' combo of a speaker pair and an amplifier with multiple good quality 'different' ICs. You would be taken aback with the different SQs on offer!

It 'accidentally' happened at my place, when CorElement had come over. It changed my (our) perception totally.

The logical answer being .... ICs are made to handle very very weak signals ie. from source to amplifier. So, selection of the 'right' IC is critical for getting ones fab sound. Obviously, I am not too worried about the speaker cables, as they have to cater to amplified input. But, here too some difference is definitely anticipated.

 

[Nikhil]

I don't know if this has been mentioned in any of the posts but proper gain matching of your amps goes a long way in settling ear fatigue. Most amps don't allow for gain matching as this is set by the manufacturer.

I had a chance to use the Behringer crossover with FM Samir's EM CS3s some time back and I was in pain after just half an hour of listening with the gain set at a level I thought that I liked. Turns out it was too bright and I ended up reducing the gain which made the sound much more bearable. Anyway point is that gain matching your electronics has a huge effect on ear fatigue.

 

[joyous]

I find some cd's with excessive treble hurt my ears and possibly fatigue can be caused by very low frequencies, especially ones we don't hear. I saw a report where they were using frequencies for crowd control, i.e noisy teenagers hanging around shop corners, but can't remember what range they were in.

As an aside I don't believe half the rubbish about cables, any good screened cable is fine.

My brother has a Marantz cd player and an LG dvd player. One day I decided to do a comparrison between the two and the Marantz player was miles better than the dvd player. Maybe those old Maranz/Denon/Philips cd players were the best. I think they all used Philips components.

As someone said earlier, own mood is the best affecting factor. I always noticed that when I am tired or bored, tend to get ear fatigue quickly.

The remaining part of the fatigue reason I give to metal tweeters and harsh high frequency tweeters.

There must be more factors. But the above are main villains.

 

[arj]

I find some cd's with excessive treble hurt my ears and possibly fatigue can be caused by very low frequencies, especially ones we don't hear. I saw a report where they were using frequencies for crowd control, i.e noisy teenagers hanging around shop corners, but can't remember what range they were .....

That was London ...18 kHz +


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[haisaikat]

This thread has been inactive for a few months but could not resist myself from posting with my problems

Sometimes I get ear fatigue when I listen to my stereo in the first 30 mins (especially in the morning) while the same setup with similar volume sounds pleasing for hours over weekends. Am I "man-tal" (mental) ?

Or can it be attributed to one of the following
1. I usually keep the treble control at 1 o'clock which is slightly above the "zero" level (or else it sounds as if details are being missed out)
2. Sudden high-low volumes in tracks from different sources
3. Right order of hearing songs (this may be a crap thought though but it is true I hear the same playlist almost everytime in random order)
4. I am using silver plated multi stranded 12 awg copper wire (chord odyssey 2) for connecting amp with speaker and silver presence is making the signature bright (then agin why not all the time?)

 

[anandkrishnantc]

When I first purchased a new Marantz amp, it was giving me headache. Quickly changed to NAD and with same speaker I am okey. I think hi frequencies give me problem. I am in base and mid range.

 

[soundnovice]

This thread has been inactive for a few months but could not resist myself from posting with my problems

Sometimes I get ear fatigue when I listen to my stereo in the first 30 mins (especially in the morning) while the same setup with similar volume sounds pleasing for hours over weekends. Am I "man-tal" (mental) ?

Or can it be attributed to one of the following
1. I usually keep the treble control at 1 o'clock which is slightly above the "zero" level (or else it sounds as if details are being missed out)
2. Sudden high-low volumes in tracks from different sources
3. Right order of hearing songs (this may be a crap thought though but it is true I hear the same playlist almost everytime in random order)
4. I am using silver plated multi stranded 12 awg copper wire (chord odyssey 2) for connecting amp with speaker and silver presence is making the signature bright (then agin why not all the time?)

only first point makes sense to me!

 

[Thad E Ginathom]

I'm almost hesitant to post this, in case you think, "What an idiot trying to tell me this," but...

Sometimes, fatigue can just be a sign that we picked the wrong piece of music for the wrong time, or that we shouldn't be listening to music at all just then.

 

[haisaikat]

or that we shouldn't be listening to music at all just then.

This is my wife's point of view anyway all the time I sit in front of the HT perhaps it seems just after we get out of bed we should let our ears condition to the external noice before we start firing different fequency based waves. May be morning Raga would be better I am beginning to think now.