Switching Amps and Getting My Brain to Pay Attention

Now that the color preamp is done (knock wood), I’ve been trying it out on different amplifier and speaker combinations. But there is a little issue. Unknown to most people is that your brain can really only hold onto an unadulterated memory for a minute or so at the very longest. Most of the time you’ve got less than about 30 seconds. After this interval your brain starts throwing out what it considers to be extraneous information leaving only impressions. And this is a big issue when attempting to make subjective comparisons.

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