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From: mccamy@lymph.DEC
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Subject: STAX HEADPHONES
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Date: Wed, 2-Oct-85 09:01:21 EDT
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From: "...decvax!decwrl!rhea!Squirt!McCamy"
Merrimack, New Hampshire

An amazing phenomenon has just hit me.  I was complaining yesterday about an
expensive pair of Stax headphones, well I've fallen in love with them!  I
can't believe it!  I had made some pretty rash judgments about the Stax
after listening to them for a couple of minutes.  Last night I managed to
fix my Superex phones and decided to perform an A/B comparison.  Wow!  Was
I amazed at the difference that I heard, in Stax favor!

Just goes to show you.  I was used to salisbury steak and when filet mignon
came along, it tasted so different that I assumed it was inferior.

Of course, listening to music reproduction is very subjective, at least it is
after gross aberrations are removed (distortion, etc.).

I think I have learned something important here.  I will not, for instance, 
frown upon anything new that comes along simply because it sounds different
from what I'm used to.