Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast.
Mozart, so simple, so perfect.
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Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast.
Mozart, so simple, so perfect.
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
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New from Diana Krall in collaboration with my friend John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton and Anthony Wilson.
Turn Up the Quiet
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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I am concerned for my friend who obviously enjoys music greatly. My son has hearing issues in one ear probably from damage from too loud music at rock concerts in his youth. I read about the ear phones/in-ear buds made by a new manufacturer whose products (Even Headphones) feature a system that runs a short hearing test for each ear and compensates for deficiencies/differences to a certain extent in each separate ear piece. If your hearing in your poor ear is not too damaged, this system may help.Originally Posted by Dave Grubb
[From another thread]The doctors originally told me there was little chance of my hearing ever recovering. A prognosis I thought a bit questionable when they could not even tell me why it happened. They eventually decided by the process of elimination that I had acquired a virus in my inner ear and despite treating me with steroids to reduce swelling there was no effect. I did get my first "ride" in an MRI device while they looked for a brain tumor that didn't exist. In any event, I have had some minimal recovery. At first I could "feel" sound, then actually hear something but could not hear tone or even begin to understand words. I use ear buds to test on a weekly basis my change and very very slowly it seems to be improving, more so in the lower frequencies. I give myself a weekly hearing test on line.
Strangely, listening to music on speakers is impacted only by a lack of separation. Using head phones seems almost normal but when using ear buds there is simply a "dead side". One of the more annoying things is to be driving and have someone in the passenger's seat---it seems I have to continually ask them to speak up since I can't hear them.
It sounds as if I am complaining---I am not, at my age I think I am doing pretty well----I can still turn the other ear
I gave my son a pair of the over the ear phones and he says they help. I tried them and found the compensated sound was very good for this price point. One caveat: the cups are rather small and might not fit comfortably for people with big ears. Another complaint was that this first product issue cannot save programming for multiple users. Every new or subsequent user must reprogram the device. They cost $175 for the phones, less for the buds.
https://www.weareeven.com
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
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Thank you for your concern!
I did the demo with obvious improvement in the quality of the sound. I am going to hold off doing anything until my next appointment with the specialist. He previously told me that the only option I had was a pair of hearing aids, one in my "dead" ear which would transmit to the one in my working ear. However, at that point I had zero hearing in my dead ear, that is no longer the case. The best way I could explain what I now have is to liken it to a cheap speaker that overdrives very quickly. That is the quality of what I hear, a broad band of frequencies are "chopped". The imbalance was obvious on the test "circle".
I am hoping that there will be some sort of device that will improve that and the short drive of that demo reinforces that hope. Listening to music in mono is still enjoyable---but a ride on the stereo side would certainly be fantastic!
Thank you---and if I find out who peed in my friends Wheaties I'll take care of them for you
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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Gotta hope for continued improvement in further defiance of the "expert's" guesses.
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
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This one surprised me — I Do It For Your Love by Paul Simon & Herbie Hancock. It surprised me because I never thought of Paul Simon, the great music writer, as a fine singer too. His voice is just not a good instrument, but in this tune he overcomes that limitation well.
Incidentally, the Hancock album from which this is taken is excellent. It features his gifted piano and arraignment skills with a wide variety of artists sitting in. Can't remember the name of the album right now though.
https://youtu.be/39b_-iUiydA
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
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From de Album, "Herbie Hancock -- Possibilities"2005
I think what makes this stand out is that so much of his music has a "signature" cadence and sound--- like Kenny G---and this piece departs from that and allows his voice to come through.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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