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Re: How well do you hear audio quality?

Subject: Re: How well do you hear audio quality?
From: "J. Charles Holt"
Date: Fri Jun 5, 2015 12:37 pm ((PDT))
Peter,

Yes, I used Safari on my iPhone. I just tried it in my iPad as well (to mak=
e sure it wasn't an issue with mobile vs desktop versions of the site) and =
it worked there too. Have you changed any Safari settings as to Java or coo=
kies?

I'd try rebooting and see if it works any differently.

- Charles

(Pardon my terseness or typos, this was sent from my iPhone.)

> On Jun 5, 2015, at 1:19 PM, Peter Shute  [naturerecordis=
ts] <> wrote:
>
> Charles, did you do the tests on your iPhone using Safari? When I try it,=
 I press on any of the Play symbols, and it just takes me to an "Ask me ano=
ther" page. Am I doing something wrong?
>
> Peter Shute
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 4 Jun 2015, at 5:58 am, 'J. Charles Holt' <mai=
lto:> [naturerecordists] <=
ups.com<>> wrote:
>
>
>
> There's been a lot of discussion lately about bit rates, and this topic j=
ust came up on NPR: http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/06/02/411473=
508/how-well-can-you-hear-audio-quality
>
> What I personally found was that for the quieter pieces, I could relative=
ly easily tell the difference using only Apple earbuds into my iPhone (whic=
h has a worse DAC than the iPod). I can only imagine through a pair of nice=
 headphones through a good DAC (and if my ears were 20 years younger!).
>
> I know that nature recording isn't the same as music, but if I can hear t=
he difference here I would think it's even more important with the dynamic =
range and quiet that one encounters in nature recording.
>
> - Charles
>
>
>





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