Peter Galbavy;697552 Wrote: > Two things not mentioned in this thread that I have seen; > > 1. CDs are limited to 20Hz - I think this is in the original Red Book > standard. Can't find a citation reference though but a quick search of > mastering advice sites mention this as the low limit. > > 2. There is plenty of electronica and dance that doesn't just go down > below 40Hz but relies on it. Those who may be more familiar with > "natural" music from instruments (acoustic or electric) may or may not > also be familiar with lots of stuff by folks like Leftfield, Faithless, > Massive Attack - to name just a few of the more established names. To me > Faithless in particular seem to have albums and tracks that are > basically incomplete without sub-bass. Try listening to "Crazy English > Summer" with and without a sub - it's like B&W vs Colour :) > > Don't even get me started on dubstep :p
Re 1. Not naturally there would be nothing in the format preventing DC - 20000kHz . And I don't think it is so. I would bet that you can find a lot of classical stuff with content in the sub area. But I would not be surprised if mastering engineers did remove things below 20Hz as a relic from the LP era, that low bass would be all kinds of problem for an LP player or cutting lathe . It migth also be considered an unwelcome load on most people's systems and speakers as it can't be heard, but dismissing some genres that must be felt trough the body :) And it most certainly is gone from most mp3's -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93382 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
