[Irinikus]

Tell me about it...
For music, I honestly only hear the difference for instrumental music, mostly jazz and the classics, and good electronic music. But, oh, the difference is incredible. Especially for classical music - it really feels like being there.
Do you know the Norwegian studio 2L? My favourite classical recordings.
Once I saw a picture of their studio - can't find it anymore. Easily 10 million euros of equipment in a single room.

http://www.2l.no/pages/album/106.html -> I've been listening to this album once a week for 10 years.
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Nice! I'll take a look inti this studio.

Because I work in ballistics, I (we) are required to take hearing tests every six months, so far my hearing has held up okay, because I've always either held my ears or used industrial earphones. For those who have never done so, standing a few yards away from a 120mm main battle tank gun when it's fired is an interesting experience.

In the aviation environment we also have to do annual hearing tests as part of our flight medicals, as there's also allot of noise in this business. (The nice thing about this is that they carry out a thorough check of all your vitals including ECG, lung function and blood work annually, so you can get a heads up if you have any developing medical issues.)

I'm pretty sensitive to loud noises and always wear ear protection when I'm in and around aircraft. (So my hearings still very good.)

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For now it’s back to this system:



I should hopefully get this 17" Studio Display back together in the next week or so.
I need to finish polishing the stand up and see if I can't tweak it a bit before refitting its cover.