Katilian on 09 September 2007
| Caey said: Gold Connectors make some more noise, the reason they use the TiO2 gold plating is because of corrosion. But then i sugguest you just solder them, thats even better then gold. Mjah i don't really believe in those golden ears, mostely they just hear different 'subtle' changes but in reality it is just nonlineair distortion because of amplifier limitations. Those people must have just terrible nightmares when they go visit a recording studio and see that the audio already has been trhough miles of cheap audio cables and not plated connectors etc etc. Yet i have to admit that sometimes the volume remastering could be done better. |
I take golden ears with a grain of salt, but I'm sure there are some people (albeit extremely few) who are naturally 'talented' at listening, just like any other aspect of life. I'd personally hate to have golden ears because I'd be spending even more than I already do on audio hardware. Even worse is that most of these people have perfect pitch, which I've heard that people who are really good at that have issues listening to music which is 'in tune with itself' but not using A=440 (eg, A=436).
And in regards to the mastering, I agree the biggest problem these days is the engineer behind the desk and not the equipment they use.
