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Audio myths : a good read

#22
okcrum said:
Perhaps you forgot the brain is also involved in human signal processing. :D
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Yes, of course. That's why when you focus so hard on what you can't hear you won't be able to hear what you can hear if you really try to hear it.

The onus is on the tin-eared to make the effort. A "suspension of disbelief" is required. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_of_disbelief

Please forgive the scientific jargon, however it seems to be the only thing that appeals to those who can't trust their own eyes and ears.

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Apologies if I seem argumentative. It seems such a shame to me that so many are so gullible, so if this topic stays in focus and at the top of the thread lists there's some hope that perhaps at least that proverbial one person will re-think their blind faith in "science" or "fact" or papers published with who-knows-what ulterior motive.

Haters gonna hate, so I encourage everyone to conduct their own NON-blind tests in order to seek, see and hear the truth.
 
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"What do you think science is? There's nothing magical about science. It is simply a systematic way for carefully and thoroughly observing nature and using consistent logic to evaluate results. Which part of that exactly do you disagree with? Do you disagree with being thorough? Using careful observation? Being systematic? Or using consistent logic?"
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"Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?"
Groucho Marx
 
#27
Troph said:
The whole vinyl vs. CD argument is a dead horse at this point. I have enough of a background in signal processing to understand the technical potential of the CD format. And yet none of it matters if engineers waste away the dynamic range during mastering with compression to make everything sound louder (and therefore "better") over crappy speakers. It's a complete waste of 16 bit resolution.

I have many audiophile friends who have flocked back to vinyl; some of them just because it's trendy, but several because they appreciate high-quality mastering. Not all vinyl albums are mastered well, but I was surprised when a friend demonstrated how many of them are substantially different from the CD releases. It's all about the content, after all: not about technical superiority of the medium.
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Listening to some of the albums I have I feel that general mastering hit a Zenith just as punk was coming in and for just a little time after. If you listen to things like The Wall, it's very well done. Go back to the mid 1960s and the technology wasn't there. So the golden age of generally good mastering seems to have been fairly brief.

Music seemed to change in the 1980s and there was a lot of stuff that seemed overproduced but still lacked the clarity.

Then I got old and stopped listening to as many new albums :)
 

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