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"Harry Lavo" wrote:

"Audio Guy" wrote in message
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In article ,
(Mkuller) writes:

I'm only claiming that memories of subtle audible differences fade more
quickly
than memories of large, gross differences, whatever they may be. You
have any
evidence to the contrary?

OK, if subtle audible differences fade quickly, doesn't that validate
the findings of DBT'ers that quick switching is the best way to
determine differences?

No, because those subtle differences often take time to be recognized and
enter consciousness.

Ok; but what process causes experienced audiophiles to 'forget' learned and
conscious sonic attributes when nothing but a cloth is placed over speaker/amp
terminals AND an only recently encountered device is inserted/not-inserted. Why
would the subject now be unable to tell the cry of his "baby" from that of a
relative stranger?

And IF that condition suddenly causes the subject to "forget" even familiar
sound how can we be sure that Kuller isn't right and sonic memory disappears in
"microseconds?"

That's where your argument eventually leads. I believe that audible memory is
quite robust; it becomes fleeting ONLY if the effect were imagined in the first
place. Otherwise we would have to re-learn the sound of instruments for every
concert.