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Re: How well do you hear audio quality?

Subject: Re: How well do you hear audio quality?
From: "James Shatto" wwwshadow7
Date: Fri Jun 5, 2015 5:27 am ((PDT))
coldplay - correctmozart - picked the 320kbps, but the 128kbps was really o=
bviousvega - correct - I actually have this album / CDperry - correct - alt=
hough oddly rough to choose and in my head I had the 128 and 320 reversed.j=
ayz - correct - the cymbals (even synthed) give it awayneil young - picked =
the 320kbps, and had the 128 and uncompressed reversed in my head.
4/6
But someones working on grout in the other room.=A0 Plus integrated audio o=
f an hp stream 11 to cheap usb powered speakers.=A0 Which I've had to EQ (j=
ackeq) because it's so noticeably not right (-5 treble, 0 mid, -10 bass).=
=A0 Kind of slumming it since we just had new carpet put in, and most of my=
 schtuff is still in boxes.=A0 Although even if I had the good stuff rigged=
 up, I'd probably only get 5/6, that neil young one being derived from an a=
nalog recording would have thrown me, even on the good stuff.=A0 I'm just n=
ot used to "that sound" anymore.=A0 For most of them, the "full"est soundin=
g one was either 320kbps or uncompressed.=A0 And the one with the most amou=
nt of twang on high pitched things was the 128kbps.=A0 And I had to play th=
em on chromium, the iceweasel / firefox option would only play one clip and=
 fail for anything past that without refreshing the page.

- James


     On Thursday, June 4, 2015 6:29 PM, "Emanuele Costantini lamacchiacosta=
@yahoo.it [naturerecordists]" <> wrote:
  

 =A0    Guys,

 I think no one will score on this test because they forgot to mention a co=
uple of fundamental things.
 1. These are no raw recordings, these are final products.
 2. Music engineers.
 Producers and engineers are working together for many days and nights to r=
each the target to have the final result sounding the same in EVERY format.
 If you use a decent mp3 converter I doubt you'll hear the difference of a =
dynamic compressed and mixed product of many dynamc compressed tracks merge=
d together to create a unique sound that HAS TO sound the same everywhere t=
o keep telling us (the audience) the same message or feeling whatever the s=
upport we use, no matter wat is the age or cultural background.

 On 04/06/2015 13:03,  [naturerecordists] wrote=
:
 
 =A0  My setup was laptop, weiss int 102 interface, mytec 96 DAC, diy 15w d=
igital amplifier from ebay and avantone cube speakers.
  Jos=E9=A0 

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