[Scott[_6_]]

On Sep 15, 7:27=A0am, vlad wrote:
On Sep 14, 7:43=3DA0pm, Audio Empire wrote:





On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:30:45 -0700, David wrote
(in article ):

"Audio Empire" wrote in message
...
Has anyone else here noticed/experienced this? When I listen to CDs,=
I
usually listen to a couple, then turn the stereo off and go do somet=
hi=3D
ng
else
(like work on the restoration of my Alfa Romeo GTV-6) . But when I l=
is=3D
ten
to
vinyl, I find myself caught-up in the listening. One record leads to
another
and then another.

Not only do I agree 100% but now you've got me thinking about it, my
turntable has been out of action for a little while and I have listen=
ed=3D
=A0to a
LOT less music.

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This seems to me to be a common experience among vinyl listeners.

Funny isn't it? A media that many will insist is obsolete, wrought with
unlistenable distortions and background noise and severely limited in d=
yn=3D
amic
range would elicit from many a desire to hear MORE records and less CDs=
?
Obviously, while many insist that CDs are capable of being damn nigh to
perfect, others suffer (and rather quickly too) from listening fatigue =
wi=3D
th
CDs that they DON'T get when they listen to LPs. =3DA0

I've seen this "explained" away by digital boosters by them saying that=
C=3D
D
presents so much more musical detail than LP that the brain has to work
harder to hear it all. I say rubbish to that argument. If the mechanism=
a=3D
t
work here were the amount of detail and clarity of presentation afforde=
d =3D
by
CD, then a half hour's worth of live music at a concert would cause the
audience to get up and leave due to listening fatigue brought on by exc=
es=3D
sive
exposure to the musical detail and lack of distortion engendered by lis=
te=3D
ning
to the REAL THING unencumbered as it is by the imperfecttechnologyof th=
e
recording and playback process.

Nonsense!

=A0 =A0 A typical concert in a symphony hall is about hour and a half, my
be two hours. You know why? Because it is as much as audience can
bear.

That depends on the audience. I had no trouble sitting through three
to four hours of rehersals at the Snata Fe Chamber music festival
before attending the concerts each night. OTOH I have yet to go to a
classical concert and not find audience members sound asleep at some
point in the concert. I don't think that is a result of "listener"
fatigue. With concerts, theater film and the like one finds a pretty
broad range of attendees and consideration doew have to be given to
attention spans of that broad base.


Long live concert is a tiring thing. So it rather proves =A0that
reproduction =A0from LP is less demanding on your ears and brain :-)

No it really doesn't. And long live concerts are not the least bit
tiring for me unless they are...well...not up to snuff.