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This one helped me a lot in the beginning.

Hey there, I really like this video:

And don't underestimate how much the speakers or headphones you're using can make a difference in your ability to hear stuff. I could not hear compression at all until I started using good headphones (unless the settings were absolutely insane), and I always thought it a problem with my skills. But think of it this way: if you can't see color, maybe you're colorblind... but maybe you're looking at a black and white TV. Your equipment really can make or break your ability to hear stuff sometimes. What cans or speakers are you using? Try listening to sounds with extreme settings (remember to roughly volume match) and you might start hearing the difference. As you get better, you'll notice more and more subtlety.

If I don't move the cursor before clicking on the first one, it registers as incorrect even if it was right. Clicks always register on my trackpad though

All that hard work and tenaciousness! Congratulations on your hard-earned Diamond Ears, Tenley!!!

Thank you for all the love! Hitting Diamond Ears feels amazing! 💎🎧

Knap gedaan, gefeliciteerd🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊

Incredible work! Congratulations, Ladislav!!!

Congratulations Ladislav! 🌈🌈🌈

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Congratulations! 🌈🌈🌈

If it clips very hard, it's obvious distorted; if it clips very tiny, it could be treated as a kind of 'compression'.

if you can easily pick it's distorted reality, if you can't it's 'compression reality'.

My struggle is that sometimes there is a substantial difference in volume making it very difficult to make an objective decision.

Congrats Dominique! ⭐⭐⭐

Congrats on your Golden Ears, Dominique! So amaaaazing!!!