mapman
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| Which band IS really America's Greatest (rock & roll band)? America?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ha-ZsGxCb8 | |
| ... thoughts on Taylor Swift's REPUTATION CD... Whoo hoo someone (Steven Wilson) remastered something recently and apparently got the DR right!http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list/dr/desc?artist=yes&album=fragile | |
| ... thoughts on Taylor Swift's REPUTATION CD... Most newer "improved" pop/rock remasters on CD are mastered louder than the originals. So which approach in general is better? You would think the answer is obvious. The thing is when people shell out more money for the same stuff, they want to he... | |
| ... thoughts on Taylor Swift's REPUTATION CD... Actually the average dynamic range measure of 10 for that recording is better than average. Regardless, no one measure including dynamic range alone is a reliable indictor of whether a recording will sound good to someone or not. I’ve heard some m... | |
| Beware of new material claims - the case of graphene Based what one can read about and discern about what Graphene is, I suspect there is a lot of claimed "graphene" out there that is most likely just mere overpriced carbon at best. Just a hunch. You never know when it comes to marketing.... | |
| Why Does All Music Sound the Same; An Explanation Mainstream music is essentially fast food ie McDonalds for the ears. I wouldn't worry about it too much unless you are an audiophile who imbibes mostly on mainstream/pop music. If it's a catchy enough tune, isn't that enough? | |
| Why Does All Music Sound the Same; An Explanation Compressed dynamics and excessive loudness are two different but often related things. | |
| Why Does All Music Sound the Same; An Explanation BEing the devil’s advocate...Another interesting aspect of modern recordings is that the focus on loud bass makes accurate reproduction on a home system at higher volumes more challenging than ever. Any traditional under-powered system won’t have ... | |
| Why Does All Music Sound the Same; An Explanation There may be more similarity in how pop recordings and even most recordings in general are produced these days, especially if the target is radio play, but they still do not all sound the same. That’s just another untrue extreme generalization. So... | |
| Why Does All Music Sound the Same; An Explanation Say what? | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Uber I use an art usb phono plus a2d converter to usb on my laptop that hosts the music server on attached usb drive. I use audacity software on the laptop to capture the digital at cd resolution and then master the digital. I play the entire albu... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Sending some vinyl to the music server today. Up currently is "All the World Dances" by David Carroll and his Orchestra a 1961 lp on Mercury Perfect Presence label that is what hifi is all about. There is even a diagram on the back cover showing... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? "Ballad of Easy Rider" by The Byrds which for whatever reason is still one of my favorite lp listens start to finish. | |
| I wonder how many audiophiles there are these days People still want good sound but lifestyles have changed and technology improved so not as big a deal to get it as it used to be. High End Home Audio industry is a small niche. Always has been. But there are more really expensive choices out there... | |
| In search for speakers of "natural" sound Ohm Walsh with patented CLS (Coherent Line Source) driver would be worth a listen for something totally different and very natural sounding. I think they have a demo room at upcoming Capital Audifest in DC area. |