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Hearing damage with SACD?
June 5, 2011
Thank you for your helpful clarification. In checking the booklets I can confirm that you are indeed correct about the DSD converters used on both albums: RCA lists the dCS, and Julia Fischer recording has the Meitner. I don't think I've listened to anything with the Grimm converter yet, but will pay more attention from now on, based upon your ... more
Hearing damage with SACD?
June 4, 2011
Sorry, I meant the only DSD-recorded disc from the list of SACDs that I had listened to. ... more
Hearing damage with SACD?
June 4, 2011
"Post by Disbeliever Today 12:49 pm (31 of 32)Are your speakers extremely bright? They could be overly so, perhaps? Possibly they are the overbright B & W 's both the metakl dome & diamonds I find are too bright and can cause listening fatigue" My speakers are Paradigm Studio 10s. "Post by audioholik Today 04:02 pm It might be a severe case ... more
Hearing damage with SACD?
June 4, 2011
pacwin, Thank you for your kind and thoughtful comments. After checking the owner's manual to both components, I did find that you are correct about the mismatch between the output voltage of the Integra SACD player and the input sensitivity of the NAD receiver. Last night, before reading your new post, I did try to audition some discs--one week ... more
Hearing damage with SACD?
May 31, 2011
Thank you all who took the time and trouble to read and to respond to my post. I've scoured around the Web a bit more and have concluded that my experience seems to replicate--if, in a somewhat more painful manner--several others who have complained of "listener's fatigue." Although the syndrome does seem far more common with the CD format, there ... more