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Yet another take on the loudness wars
On Dec 29, 12:11*am, jwvm wrote:
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/sto...th_of_high_fid... If you're never exposed to high fidelity, you don't realize what you're missing. My 15 year old niece is perfectly happy listening through cheap ear buds that came with her mp3 player. She even likes her 3 inch $10 stereo speakers that her player can plug into. But she truly loves music. I can't stand the music she loves, but I can tell that she needs her music more than I need mine. Before high fidelity, music was being enjoyed as well. We make do with what's available. But once you've had a taste, you don't want to have to settle for anything less. Jeff |
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On Dec 29, 12:11 am, jwvm wrote: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/sto...th_of_high_fid... If you're never exposed to high fidelity, you don't realize what you're missing. My 15 year old niece is perfectly happy listening through cheap ear buds that came with her mp3 player. She even likes her 3 inch $10 stereo speakers that her player can plug into. But she truly loves music. I can't stand the music she loves, but I can tell that she needs her music more than I need mine. Before high fidelity, music was being enjoyed as well. We make do with what's available. But once you've had a taste, you don't want to have to settle for anything less. Teach her quality! Jeff Kind regards Peter Larsen |
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Yet another take on the loudness wars
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On Dec 29, 12:11 am, jwvm wrote: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/sto...th_of_high_fid... If you're never exposed to high fidelity, you don't realize what you're missing. My 15 year old niece is perfectly happy listening through cheap ear buds that came with her mp3 player. She even likes her 3 inch $10 stereo speakers that her player can plug into. But she truly loves music. I can't stand the music she loves, but I can tell that she needs her music more than I need mine. Before high fidelity, music was being enjoyed as well. We make do with what's available. But once you've had a taste, you don't want to have to settle for anything less. Jeff Not all that long before high fidelity music was only being enjoyed in live performance. ;-) Then too, seems much of live performance has also been corrupted by volume wars. ;-} ;-( :-{ Later... Ron Capik -- |
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On Dec 29, 9:13*am, Ron Capik wrote:
straightnut wrote: On Dec 29, 12:11 am, jwvm wrote: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/sto...th_of_high_fid.... If you're never exposed to high fidelity, you don't realize what you're missing. My 15 year old niece is perfectly happy listening through cheap ear buds that came with her mp3 player. She even likes her 3 inch $10 stereo speakers that her player can plug into. But she truly loves music. I can't stand the music she loves, but I can tell that she needs her music more than I need mine. Before high fidelity, music was being enjoyed as well. We make do with what's available. But once you've had a taste, you don't want to have to settle for anything less. Jeff Not all that long before high fidelity music was only being enjoyed in live performance. * ;-) I forgot about live performance. Can't get more high fidelity than that. I bet many young people don't realize that recording can actually approach it. Though they may not care all that much. As long as they like the music, it wouldn't really matter. It's like there's a restoration program in our brains to make up for what's lacking so we can enjoy it. Jeff |
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On Dec 29, 5:06*am, "Peter Larsen" wrote:
straightnut wrote: On Dec 29, 12:11 am, jwvm wrote: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/sto...th_of_high_fid... If you're never exposed to high fidelity, you don't realize what you're missing. My 15 year old niece is perfectly happy listening through cheap ear buds that came with her mp3 player. She even likes her 3 inch $10 stereo speakers that her player can plug into. But she truly loves music. I can't stand the music she loves, but I can tell that she needs her music more than I need mine. Before high fidelity, music was being enjoyed as well. We make do with what's available. But once you've had a taste, you don't want to have to settle for anything less. Teach her quality! She'd run out of the room if I turned my cd's on her. I'm her favorite uncle. I couldn't do that to her. Though we do agree on Nirvana. Jeff |
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Teach her quality! She'd run out of the room if I turned my cd's on her. I'm her favorite uncle. I couldn't do that to her. Though we do agree on Nirvana. You could start with a compact better quality playback system ... quality is a life strategy and not always costly. Jeff Kind regards Peter Larsen |
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She'd run out of the room if I turned my cd's on her. I'm her favorite uncle. I couldn't do that to her. Though we do agree on Nirvana. So play her music through your system for her. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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On Dec 30, 8:17*am, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
straightnut wrote: She'd run out of the room if I turned my cd's on her. I'm her favorite uncle. I couldn't do that to her. Though we do agree on Nirvana. So play her music through your system for her. Then I'd be running out of the room. Jeff |
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Yet another take on the loudness wars
"straightnut" wrote ...
(Scott Dorsey) wrote: straightnut wrote: She'd run out of the room if I turned my cd's on her. I'm her favorite uncle. I couldn't do that to her. Though we do agree on Nirvana. So play her music through your system for her. Then I'd be running out of the room. Mayabe her "music" sounds better with the doppler effect of running away from it. |
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Yet another take on the loudness wars
straightnut wrote:
On Dec 30, 8:17=A0am, (Scott Dorsey) wrote: straightnut wrote: She'd run out of the room if I turned my cd's on her. I'm her favorite uncle. I couldn't do that to her. Though we do agree on Nirvana. So play her music through your system for her. Then I'd be running out of the room. One of the critical skills to learn in the audio production field is the ability to sit there and smile rather than running out of the room. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Yet another take on the loudness wars
On Dec 30, 12:20*am, straightnut wrote:
It's like there's a restoration program in our brains to make up for what's lacking so we can enjoy it. Not to mention the fact that the cassettes we used to cherish didn't sound better than today's mp3s, but we'll put the former above the latter anyway : ) |
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Yet another take on the loudness wars
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On Dec 30, 12:20=A0am, straightnut wrote: It's like there's a restoration program in our brains to make up for what's lacking so we can enjoy it. Not to mention the fact that the cassettes we used to cherish didn't sound better than today's mp3s, but we'll put the former above the latter anyway : ) Cherish? When cassettes were a popular release format, everybody _hated_ them. Getting decent duplication consistency was a nightmare too. Much as I hate MP3s, I am very glad that I will never have to deal with another bin loop machine again as long as I live. At least the MP3 was actually designed for music, which is more than you can say for the compact cassette. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Yet another take on the loudness wars
"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message ... rboy wrote: On Dec 30, 12:20=A0am, straightnut wrote: It's like there's a restoration program in our brains to make up for what's lacking so we can enjoy it. Not to mention the fact that the cassettes we used to cherish didn't sound better than today's mp3s, but we'll put the former above the latter anyway : ) Cherish? When cassettes were a popular release format, everybody _hated_ them. Getting decent duplication consistency was a nightmare too. Much as I hate MP3s, I am very glad that I will never have to deal with another bin loop machine again as long as I live. At least the MP3 was actually designed for music, which is more than you can say for the compact cassette. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." Will nobody defend the lowly cassette? I never bought any pre-recorded ones. I made something of an investment in a 3-head deck and experimented with a lot of different tape until I found what worked best for me. I used some of these cassettes from the early 70s until, well, now, and they still work. No, they don't sound better than MP3s, but they sound differently bad, and not as unpleasant to my ear, anyway. I didn't have a CD player in my car until 2000 or so (although I could use the occasional discman) and every now and then I have to use one of the kids' cars, both of which are old enough to have factory cassette decks, and I pull out some of those old tapes and they still work. It was the best portable (automobile, anyway) format for quite awhile. I'm not one of the CD bashers or vinyl junkies, and I've moved on, but I appreciated it when I had it. It sure beat listening to radio drift in and out while traveling, and kept me interested for many mong trips over the years. And every time my wife asks me if we can get rid of them, the answer is a loud NO. mg -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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MG wrote:
No, they don't sound better than MP3s, but they sound differently bad, and not as unpleasant to my ear, anyway. They certainly dopn't grab some minor instrumental or musical part and make it into a solo ! And the reverb detail is still there, despite decaying into the mhist. geoff |
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On 31 Dec, 03:11, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
One of the critical skills to learn in the audio production field is the ability to sit there and smile rather than running out of the room. --scott You know, I always had the sneaking suspicion I was missing a fairly major trick, and *there* it is. Damn ;-) Happy new year, folks. -Nick |
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straightnut wrote in
: I forgot about live performance. Can't get more high fidelity than that. I bet many young people don't realize that recording can actually approach it. Though they may not care all that much. As long as they like the music, it wouldn't really matter. It's like there's a restoration program in our brains to make up for what's lacking so we can enjoy it. Some of those who have been to concerts have still never heard live performance. Putting a live signal through a compression masher is just as easy as a recorded source. If all you hear is the PA system, you're no better off. |
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Is this a gender thing? My wife couldn't care less about my excellent
surround sound stereo I hooked up to the DVD player. That amazes me. How you can watch Amadeus through the TV alone once you've heard it through a decent sound system. Not unusual to hear a woman turn up her nose at surround sound. Is this biological? Cultural? Coincidence? Are there men out there who don't care about high fidelity? straightnut wrote: On Dec 29, 12:11 am, jwvm wrote: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/sto...th_of_high_fid... If you're never exposed to high fidelity, you don't realize what you're missing. My 15 year old niece is perfectly happy listening through cheap ear buds that came with her mp3 player. She even likes her 3 inch $10 stereo speakers that her player can plug into. But she truly loves music. I can't stand the music she loves, but I can tell that she needs her music more than I need mine. Before high fidelity, music was being enjoyed as well. We make do with what's available. But once you've had a taste, you don't want to have to settle for anything less. Jeff |
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Is this a gender thing? My wife couldn't care less about my excellent surround sound stereo I hooked up to the DVD player. That amazes me. How you can watch Amadeus through the TV alone once you've heard it through a decent sound system. Not unusual to hear a woman turn up her nose at surround sound. Is this biological? Cultural? Coincidence? Are there men out there who don't care about high fidelity? I fear that surround sound is most often the opposite of high fidelity. And you'd have thought we'd have learned from the whole quad fiasco too. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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On Dec 30 2007, 11:15*pm, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
Not to mention the fact that the cassettes we used to cherish didn't sound better than today's mp3s, but we'll put the former above the latter anyway *: *) Cherish? *When cassettes were a popular release format, everybody _hated_ them. *Getting decent duplication consistency was a nightmare too. Much as I hate MP3s, I am very glad that I will never have to deal with another bin loop machine again as long as I live. Well, I *was* saying that it wasn't better. But as a consumer it was all we had if we wanted to listen to J Geils in the car, so I stand by my "cherish"ed recollections. I was a listener, didn't have bin loops machines to cloud my joy. Smileys throughout. |
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On Dec 31 2007, 3:49 pm, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
And you'd have thought we'd have learned from the whole quad fiasco too. --scott oh do you think that Electric Ladyland will be released on surround??? |
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On Dec 31 2007, 3:49 pm, (Scott Dorsey) wrote: And you'd have thought we'd have learned from the whole quad fiasco too. oh do you think that Electric Ladyland will be released on surround??? I am sure it will be, but I bet only in new mixes that bear no resemblance to the original quad mixes. The big labels have very few people left who remember quad, and the folks that DO remember it only remember it as a disaster and want nothing to do with the old quad mixes. Consequently a large part of our history is inacessible. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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On Jan 1, 5:15 pm, rboy wrote:
Well, I *was* saying that it wasn't better. But as a consumer it was all we had if we wanted to listen to J Geils in the car, so I stand by my "cherish"ed recollections. I was a listener, didn't have bin loops machines to cloud my joy. Cassettes were really a disaster in the car. If you think that CDRs are highly unreliable, they look like the Rock of Gibraltar compared to a cassette in a car for a month or two in the summer. The biggest thrill, however, was trying to play them in the dead of winter. If you liked loads of flutter as a sound effect, you were all set. Then, of course, tapes would frequently jam in the player with gobs of tape wrapped around the capstan, especially with the long-playing cassettes. CDs get stuck in players occasionally too but much less often than cassettes. Even if you have to burn a new CDR, its much faster than making another tape due to a jam. |
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"jwvm" wrote in message ... On Jan 1, 5:15 pm, rboy wrote: Well, I *was* saying that it wasn't better. But as a consumer it was all we had if we wanted to listen to J Geils in the car, so I stand by my "cherish"ed recollections. I was a listener, didn't have bin loops machines to cloud my joy. Cassettes were really a disaster in the car. If you think that CDRs are highly unreliable, they look like the Rock of Gibraltar compared to a cassette in a car for a month or two in the summer. The biggest thrill, however, was trying to play them in the dead of winter. If you liked loads of flutter as a sound effect, you were all set. Then, of course, tapes would frequently jam in the player with gobs of tape wrapped around the capstan, especially with the long-playing cassettes. CDs get stuck in players occasionally too but much less often than cassettes. Even if you have to burn a new CDR, its much faster than making another tape due to a jam. I used cassettes in the car for roughly 25 years. Never had a jam. Of course, I stuck to 90s or shorter, and stayed with Maxell and TDK primarily. Also kept them out of direct sun, and in winter let the car warm a bit. It wasn't all _that_ hard. mg -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 19:01:28 -0800 (PST), jwvm wrote:
Cassettes were really a disaster in the car. If you think that CDRs are highly unreliable, they look like the Rock of Gibraltar compared to a cassette in a car for a month or two in the summer. The biggest thrill, however, was trying to play them in the dead of winter. If you liked loads of flutter as a sound effect, you were all set. Then, of course, tapes would frequently jam in the player with gobs of tape wrapped around the capstan, especially with the long-playing cassettes. CDs get stuck in players occasionally too but much less often than cassettes. Even if you have to burn a new CDR, its much faster than making another tape due to a jam. They worked OK in mine. |
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In article , MG wrote:
"jwvm" wrote in message ... On Jan 1, 5:15 pm, rboy wrote: Well, I *was* saying that it wasn't better. But as a consumer it was all we had if we wanted to listen to J Geils in the car, so I stand by my "cherish"ed recollections. I was a listener, didn't have bin loops machines to cloud my joy. Cassettes were really a disaster in the car. If you think that CDRs are highly unreliable, they look like the Rock of Gibraltar compared to a cassette in a car for a month or two in the summer. The biggest thrill, however, was trying to play them in the dead of winter. If you liked loads of flutter as a sound effect, you were all set. Then, of course, tapes would frequently jam in the player with gobs of tape wrapped around the capstan, especially with the long-playing cassettes. CDs get stuck in players occasionally too but much less often than cassettes. Even if you have to burn a new CDR, its much faster than making another tape due to a jam. I used cassettes in the car for roughly 25 years. Never had a jam. Of course, I stuck to 90s or shorter, and stayed with Maxell and TDK primarily. Also kept them out of direct sun, and in winter let the car warm a bit. It wasn't all _that_ hard. A lot of it has to do with the tape and shells used. I learned very soon NEVER to use the high precision Shape shells for dubs for customers... the first time they left them in a hot car they would start to jam. The cheap generic white shells had much poorer azimuth stability, but they wouldn't get damaged in a hot car. God, I hated cassettes. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Yet another take on the loudness wars
Sorry-- my carelessness. I used the phrase in a generic sense to refer
to the hardware-- I don't mean surround sound at all. I mean high fidelity. My point is the same: my wife doesn't care about the high fidelity. She says she's quite content with the TV speakers. I once noticed that the stereo in the dining room was only playing through one speaker. Apparently it was doing this for weeks. She hadn't noticed. Les Cargill wrote: Please do not confuse surround with high fidelity. |
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