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An Mp3 Player Question.
Gilbert:
admittedly, tinnitus has probably ruined my ears for any decent listening
plus, the internets are oh so easy to believe!
i'm not that gullible, just questioning how much has been lost due to technology.
Statik:
Seriously OT, but I would more question the record companies choices of "popular" than to start going after their producers and engineers and such. I do see his point, and he admits to being an amateur audiophile of sorts. But I think the major problem that exists in the mainstream recording industry is (just a quick FYI, this is NOT my original thought, I wish I could quote it back to where I read it from, but its long since escaped my mind) concerned about IMMEDIATE profit, not long term profit. The writer of the article I read basically said, record labels arent looking for the next clapton, the next rolling stones, the next aerosmith, they are looking to sign whats super duper hot for the next 15 minutes and pump as many records out of them as fast as possible to make as much money in as short a time as possible. I would wager this could have a lot to do with that article writers issues with modern CDs. There will always be one hit, or one album wonders, just bands that cannot exist for longer than that no matter, but the recent (~ last 15 years) proliferation of bands that only exist for an album or two and then drop off the face of the earth because the fickle US consumer base left them for dead (figuratively). I think the "make lots of money now, and just sign someone new in two years" mentality has kind of killed the majority of mainstream music for me...
KvP:
--- Quote from: Ballard on 13 Dec 2007, 21:53 ---I think the iPod and lossy audio files aren't the only problem here.
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/imperfect-sound-forever.htm
Fantastic read and touches on a lot of what this thread is about.
--- End quote ---
Yeah, that was a really great read. And I've suffered from the same "music fatigue" as he has, getting to the point at which I actually get uncomfortable when a song I used to relish starts coming through my headphones. I'm not confident I want to blame it on compression, though, as plausible as it may be. The problem for me is that I am most often active while I listen to music. I've got my mp3 player in my pocket and my headphones are perpetually on. It seems like audiophiles are content to have expensive, relatively delicate equipment that allows them to fully enjoy their music, and they sit down in a quiet place and listen. I don't think I can do that. Plus, my 30 / 60 gig mp3 players wouldn't have the space for all my music were it FLAC or some other lossless format.
Ballard:
As I said before, these guys are snobs in a way. I'm 100% sure that the author of that article has an iPod which he listens to daily. Separate from that, he has a set-up devoted to hi-fi sound, which many people do.
There's nothing wrong with owning an iPod for convenience's sake. I read the point of the thing as "it is nice to understand more about your music and be able to appreciate it in a dedicated environment at a higher quality as well as on your iPod on a crowded train on the way to work."
Darkbluerabbit:
How music was meant to be enjoyed.
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