axelfonze
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| Thinking about selling my CD collection = MP3 I don't see how A and B are any different. In both cases two copies of the recording are out there and only one has been paid for. The artist hasn't been compensated fairly, and hasn't been properly credited in either case. | |
| Thinking about selling my CD collection = MP3 The RIAA has NOT created a red herring about artists. It's true that the record labels make the vast majority of the money from each CD sale, but the fact is that artists need CD sales that much more in order to make money. As I said above, if a C... | |
| Thinking about selling my CD collection = MP3 Again, it's a little disheartening seeing so many supposed music lovers who don't even think twice about contributing to the widespread screwing of recording musicians (this applies particularly to those who aren't selling out arenas and selling m... | |
| Thinking about selling my CD collection = MP3 Just think of it this way: You get contracted to develop a software database grading solution for high school teachers. You get an advance, and the software company covers all of your expenses, but all of the money you recieve and that is spent on... | |
| SEEKING A QUALITY CDR Not sure how ripping and burning a CD causes it to sound better, even with the upsampling (as higher sample rates are primarily used to get filters far, far away from the audio band, and by the time a CD has been produced they've already been intr... | |
| Speaker Suggestions? Revel makes one of the most balanced, neutral speakers around. If you're into absolute truth and clarity, without any hint of sterility, then be sure to check out Revel. | |
| Importance of warm up. I hope this helps someone Tubes really need to warm up before use. Just ask any guitar player. The effect with solid state gear is much less pronounced (and even debatable), but tubes definitely need to warm up before sounding their best, or even listenable sometimes.Oh, a... | |
| Half the information on CDs is analogue I think Back in Black is one of the best recorded straight-ahead rock albums of all time. Listen to that, then The Darkness' Permission to Land for an example of what overcompression does to a recording. Permission to Land would have been an incre... | |
| Half the information on CDs is analogue Again, most engineers are fighting the same battle that you are Sean. The problem is two fold. For one, most bands attached to labels have little say in how their record sounds, except for the biggest, most established acts. Most people selling to... | |
| Half the information on CDs is analogue Sean,What do you think monitoring setups in most studios and recording schools are like? If you think that $3,000-$5,000 nearfield monitors and a pair of expensive mains is akin to bose speakers, then you've obviously never heard a serious studio ... | |
| Plastic ring over tweeter opinion I don't have any experience with removing waveguides from speakers, but I do know that the new waveguide on the Revel F52 has resulted in drastically improved integration between the treble and midrange as compared to the F50. Needless to say I wo... | |
| Half the information on CDs is analogue These types of threads always get me a little riled up because of the amount of misinformation and pure bulls**t that people spew. So that you know where I'm coming from, I'm a full-time recording engineer who uses top-flight digital and analog ge... | |
| Amps For Revel F52? These speakers are very power hungry. I'm using an Odyssey Dual Mono with success. I wouldn't recommend anything less than 150watts per side. | |
| recommendation for best $1500 speakers? Revel Concerta F12s are the best speaker I've heard around your budget. You'd be hard pressed to beat them until you step up to something over 2k. You can get a pair of F12s for a little more than $1000, and they should definitely be high on your ... |