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People prefer mp3s over other higer quality file formats study says.
IronOxide:
--- Quote from: ThePianoMan on 13 Mar 2009, 14:59 ---Are the loudness wars a huge issue outside of mainstream pop/rap/etc.? I haven't really had problems with the mastering on any albums I've listened to lately.
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Yes, yes they are. I recently got a copy of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, a work which should pay great deference to dynamic contrast. The last movement sounds sort of like they just let everything limit just because "what the hell, it's supposed to be loud, right?"
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: IronOxide on 23 Mar 2009, 06:43 ---I recently got a copy of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, a work which should pay great deference to dynamic contrast. The last movement sounds sort of like they just let everything limit just because "what the hell, it's supposed to be loud, right?"
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Classical stuff is very variable - some is totally uncompressed (which can be hard to listen to in a domestic situation), most is subtly compressed (quite possibly manually), and some is clipped to hell because they couldn't be bothered to at least compress it "nicely". There shouldn't be the same pressure to stand out on the radio, so there's no excuse. And if it's not loud enough, I mean, what's the volume control for?
Caspian:
--- Quote from: Daft pun on 23 Mar 2009, 03:59 ---ACTUALLY ON TOPIC
So I bought the Loveless LP yesterday and was subsequently blown away by the sound quality. Granted, my roommate is somewhat of an audiophile, so that helps, but fuck me that was pretty awesome.
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Sigh.
The whole vinyl v cd "which one sounds better" argument is even stupider then people saying they can tell the difference from 320 kbps to a CD. Chances are it doesn't sound any different to your CD or Mp3 version, unless if you ripped it at 160 or less. Perhaps there's a bit of noise added in the signal path, at the most. Pretty sure you just want to justify buying a large, unwieldy and expensive bit of music.
Daft pun:
It had to be vinyl because of the aforementioned roommate's sound system, CD's don't sound nearly as good on that setup.
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