Beethoven was completely deaf.
Beethoven lost his hearing later in life. And, the music he wrote he heard in his head, as well as with his ears.
Beethoven was completely deaf.
Beethoven was completely deaf.
That explains why those symphonies are so loud!
All joking aside - he certainly used other senses to come up with all that great music (that must have been the case since I don't remember reading anywhere about his use of DR charts either).
Xiphmont,
I have to ask the obvious question here, do you own a Pono? Have you listed to it? Have you based your opinions after your evaluation of this product?
Beethoven WENT deaf. He wasn't deaf to start with.
Besides, it's my twenty bucks. I can spend it on whatever I want.
The logic I was responding to was 'Neil Young has GREAT ears--- the proof is his amazing music'
So Beethoven must have had great ears when he wrote his most famous works, except he didn't. He was deaf. The assertion that Neil Young has great ears today because he wrote great music doesn't follow. Neil could be mostly deaf today and no one would know. Or he could have the ears of an 18 year old. His music lends little evidence to either.
Of course you can. Did I, anywhere at any time, suggest you shouldn't? I just spent $6k on headphones, because I could, and I wanted to.
I do object to passing off demonstrably incorrect rationalizations as fact, mainly because of those annoying wrong professionals you mention who pick up these notions and use them as if they're true. Digital audio (and human hearing) are not deep dark mysteries no one can understand. Alongside the subjective enjoyment of music and equipment, there are objective facts. Not knowing everything is not the same thing as knowing nothing.