Kent, i was more aiming to the richer, broader and deeper sound i feel the wav provides on a club soundsystem. i cannot comment on this from a sound engineer perspective, but rather subjective experience. i think a good sound system can reproduce low end frequencies i cannot hear at home, maybe sitting too close to the speakers, or speakers are incapable to reproducing these frequencies., but that's the juice that shakes my cells in the club. generally club music strongly focuses on effects of loud sound and following that is the neccecary "breathing space" or headroom that i feel get's tighter with compression. what about the stuff you hear out in clubs ? do you feel there's an extra perspective you gain when you hear a song that you know, played on a loud soundsystem ? is it more feeling than math ? i wonder if we're underestimating the frequencies that we cannot hear but rather feel have an effect on our ears and body....
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 2:47 PM, kent williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually the MP3 sample is first. > > I'm all for fighting the good fight for sound quality, though. > > I kind of wonder about the idea that you can hear differences in a big > club that you can't on headphones or home speakers. Honestly, I can't > hear anything particularly well at 130 decibels, and by the time your > sound reaches the loudspeakers it's been through > digital->analog->digital conversion, EQ, compression, crossovers and > limiters. The bass and high end are coming from point sources several > feet apart. A club system can sound very good, but can it help you > distinguish subtle differences? > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 7:35 AM, Davor Ostojic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> i agree with you. tho it sounds indistinguishable i can hear the >> bottom end in the second part get 'rounded' and looses a bit of >> breading space, sounds a bit tighter to me. i'm using yamaha HD50M >> monitors but to really feel the difference i think this should be >> listened to on a club sound system. but really the difference here is >> so hard to tell i think regular music consumers would take this test >> as a waste of time regarding the the sound quality is good enough for >> listening, with no need for better quality. Specially on car/home >> stereo, with those 'SUPERBASS' and "EXTRALOUD" functions on HI-FI's >> that colour sounds, it would be impossible to tell the difference. >> >> however, i stick to DJing with wave files and I've heard the >> difference in the club. generally it depends on the quality and depth >> of the sound production, of course the more dynamic, spacey stuff gets >> affected more than,let's say, plink-plonky-3-element song when you >> compress to mp3. >> >> On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Michael Pujos >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> kent williams a écrit : >>>> >>>> OK that was just a test. Try this link: >>>> http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/m500-starlight-blindfold test.wav >>>> >>> >>> I think the WAV is first and the MP3 second >>> >> >
