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> Of course.. but, at least for me, part of what makes listening to music
> enjoyable is hearing the subtle harmonics of real acoustic instruments,
> played by real humans, in the natural reverb of a real studio. Audio
> compression, unlike any other audio tradeoff (the
--- Rick Pali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Jake Hamby
> > (though, again, without blind listening tests,
> > I'll accept the possibility that this
> > could just be in my head right now!).
>
> I'm certain that most people don't even believe that
many more things that just the sound itself
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* "Jake Hamby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 06 Dec 1999
| Of course.. but, at least for me, part of what makes listening to music
| enjoyable is hearing the subtle harmonics of real acoustic instruments,
| played by real humans, in the natural rever
From: Jake Hamby
> (though, again, without blind listening tests,
> I'll accept the possibility that this
> could just be in my head right now!).
I'm certain that most people don't even believe that many more things that
just the sound itself affects how one perceives the quality of sound
repro
> >I also think it's a good idea to remind people this should all be
> >about enjoying music and not fidelity for its own sake.
>
> I completely agree with you.
Of course.. but, at least for me, part of what makes listening to music
enjoyable is hearing the subtle harmonics of real acoustic ins
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>There was only one case I heard of where a per
> Jake Hamby wrote:
>
> The problem with comparing different encoders right now is that we don't
> yet
> have access to any substitute for human listening tests (there's an ITU-R
> standard for measurement and Opticom has a program
> called Opera which is supposed to measure it, but it's not in
I just did my own test with a CD that I had recorded from my Sony CD changer
digitally to my Sharp MD-R2 deck, and the original CD playing through the
same receiver. I was not playing the CD on the same player as I used to do
the recording, but since it was digital I doubt that should make much
d
I have to agree with Rick.
I've got a Sharp MS702 porti and a Sony MDS-S38 deck. Both have an ATRAC of
the same generation. Sharps is ATRAC 5. and Sonys is 4.0.
I can't hear the differences between the two for digital recordings. Neither
can anyone of my colegeas at work Like I posted on a
