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[George M. Middius's abusive post deleted.] George is
angry, because the golden-ears myth has been thoroughly
debunked. Mr. John Atkinson and _Stereophile_ want you
to believe in the golden-ears myth.

I agree with you. The golden ears myth has been
thoroughly debunked. And I recall reading this on-line in
a stereophile article by Mr. Atkinson, as I recall
agreeing with its premise. The article, by my
recollection, stated that the "golden ear" tag has always
been a myth propagated by the so-called "tin-eared"
crowd. That you really don't need to have "special ears"
to perceive and enjoy the wealth of differences among
audio components and accessories, like wire, cable,
isolation feet, green markers or 5-pinhole paper with
aspirin tweaks. You simply need to have listening skills.

"listening skills" defined here as suspending disbelief.