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Andy Simpson wrote:

Usually, this is a _time-domain_ artefact of microphone diaphragm resonance, made worse by excessive proximity.

Very interesting!

Andy Simpson wrote:

Then, finally and most horribly, we have the brain, which can chaotically ignore, reinterpret and mistake the input from such amazing sensory organs (please! don't get me started on suspension of disbelief).

Actually I do not feel that it is most “horribly” but rather that set everything in the “real interesting mode”…

Andy Simpson wrote:

Regarding the physical ear, the most interesting aspect for me (at present) is the fluid 'damping' of the cochlea. Possibly one reason for the incredible time-domain resolution of the ear.

Actually the most interesting subject in physicality of ear to me is not the cochlea damping but the fact that brain and ear are liquid decoupled and whatever brain hears is transmitted through a liquid pressure wave. Of course it is the case if a person is not a Bush-republican… BTW, is it possible to do liquid damping/decoupling with diaphragm in order to kill the “artefact of microphone diaphragm resonance, made worse by excessive proximity”?

Andy Simpson wrote:

Finally, let us dismiss the term 'dynamics' - as you mentioned, it is clearly an undefined marketing term and of no use here.

I would agree. There is a lot of confusion about dynamic and the term is grossly misused. Unfortunately I do not know how to use it properly as well…

Andy Simpson wrote:

…first discussion to this discrete area, we can make progress …

Andy, let be a let bit more practical as it is what I uselessly try to do in audio. Would you comment on my feedback above about your recordings?

Also, all of your recording has very idiosyncratic, very shallow and very noisy midbass, there is no lower bass weight in any of the recordings (I was listening only classical recording - I do not care about others). I initially thought that “no bass” was the properly of the recording environment but then I decided that it is something in your recording chain – microphones, preamps, A/D or whatever. Can you comment on it? Your bass basically does not exist below I would say 45Hz and whatever is near 45Hz is very purely defined and very badly articulated. Andy, are you using ported monitor to conduct your listening experiments?

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