{"id":9493,"date":"2022-07-30T14:57:44","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T12:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.loudspeakers.audio\/?post_type=ufaq&#038;p=9493"},"modified":"2022-07-30T15:12:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T13:12:38","slug":"how-to-listen","status":"publish","type":"ufaq","link":"https:\/\/www.loudspeakers.audio\/en\/faqs\/how-to-listen\/","title":{"rendered":"How to listen ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol { color: #4055a9 !important; }.ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol { border-color: #53037d !important; }.ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-block.ewd-ufaq-post-active, .ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-block.ewd-ufaq-post-active a,.ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-block:hover, .ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-block:hover a, .ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-block:hover h5 { background-color: #617ffe !important; }.ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-border_block.ewd-ufaq-post-active, .ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-border_block:hover, .ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-border_block:hover h5 { background-color: #617ffe !important; }.ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-border_block .ewd-ufaq-faq-body { border-color: #617ffe !important; }.ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-border_block .comment-reply-title, .ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-border_block:hover .comment-reply-title { background-color: transparent !important; }.ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-block:hover .ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol, .ewd-ufaq-category-post-margin-symbol, .ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-block:hover h5 { color: #4055a9 !important; }.ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-border_block:hover .ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol, .ewd-ufaq-category-post-margin-symbol, .ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-border_block:hover h5 { color: #4055a9 !important; }.ewd-ufaq-faq-header-title a { color: #7b2c2c !important; }div.ewd-ufaq-faq-title h5 { color: #4055a9 !important; }div.ewd-ufaq-faq-post p { color: #000000 !important; }div.ewd-ufaq-faq-category-title h3 { color: #2b1010 !important; }div.ewd-ufaq-faq-categories, div.ewd-ufaq-faq-tags { color: #9b4c4c !important; }div.ewd-ufaq-faq-categories, div.ewd-ufaq-faq-tags { margin: 30 !important; }<\/style><div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-list ewd-ufaq-page-type-infinite_scroll ewd-ufaq-category-tabs-\" id='ewd-ufaq-faq-list'>\n\n\t<input type='hidden' name='show_on_load' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-show-on-load' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='include_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-include-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='exclude_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-exclude-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='orderby' value='set_order' id='ewd-ufaq-orderby' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='order' value='asc' id='ewd-ufaq-order' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='post_count' value='-1' id='ewd-ufaq-post-count' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='current_url' value='\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq\/9493' id='ewd-ufaq-current-url' \/>\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faqs'>\n\n\t\t<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-div ewd-ufaq-faq-column-count-two ewd-ufaq-faq-responsive-columns-1 ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-minimalist ewd-ufaq-can-be-toggled\" id='ewd-ufaq-post-9493-8GLlnpiN6n' data-post_id='9493'>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title ewd-ufaq-faq-toggle'>\n\t\n\t<a class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin'  href='#' role=\"button\">\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol ewd-ufaq-square'>\n\t\t\t<span >B<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title-text'>\n\n\t\t\t<h5>\n\t\t\t\tHow to listen ?\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-clear'><\/div>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-body' >\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin ewd-ufaq-faq-post'>\n\t<p>The main problem before or after measurements and correction is the listening session. How can you avoid to be influenced by graphs, by forums, by friends ?<\/p>\n<p>I can only give a few tips in the way of neutral sound:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>listen preferably in mono with only one loudspeaker, timbral defaults are better heard in mono<\/li>\n<li>maybe also try with one ear blocked (maybe strange but binaural listening has a kind of decoloration mechanism)<\/li>\n<li>choose mostly audio tracks that can show defaults<\/li>\n<li>remember that with some tracks, it is not the most enjoyable loudspeaker or correction that is the most neutral one<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A few recommendations (I will add more soon) :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Suzan Vega, Tom&#8217;s diner : this should be very dry with less room and minimal reverberation<\/li>\n<li>Tracy Chapman, Fast car : this song has a really wide and balanced frequency spread from 40 to 15000Hz so you can appreciate spectral balance (another song could be Jennifer Warnes, Bird on a wire)<\/li>\n<li>Ricky Lee Jones, Ghetto of my mind : a very dynamic song where the drums are recorded with no (or minimal ?) compression. 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