New vs Vintage
On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:41:08 -0700, Arny Krueger wrote
(in article ):
"Audio Empire" wrote in message
This type of person is often the type who participate in
DBTs as well, rank laymen.
Simply not true. The DBTs I've been involved with involved experienced
audiophiles, some youngsters, some who went back to the days of tubes.
So, you feel that you can speak for all DBTs?
People like him and college
students who were weened on MP3s and ear-buds are the
average "listener".
Here we go again, another set of self-serving audiophile myths. Where are
the peer-reviewed paper that shows that people who listen to MP3 and
personal listening devices necessarily have any deficiencies when it comes
to reliably detecting audible differences?
They can listen to low-data rate MP3s
Fact is that many audible differences are easier to detect with earphones
and/or headphones.
And it seems that a large majority of the younger generations DON'T CARE
about these "differences" AT ALL or they wouldn't be listening to really
low-bit rate MP3s and would insist in ripping their music at higher bit
rates. I have a number of friends with teenaged and college aged kids with
iPod-like devices. They listen to them constantly. When I ask them what
bit-rate they use, the answer is always the same: "The one that allows me to
put the most songs in the available space". I.E. quantity instead of
quality.
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