Am Montag, 14. Januar 2008 schrieb Fons Adriaensen: > Next question then was why all these HR recordings sounded so > much better than the average CD recording of the same music - > most listeners and the also the authors of the report did agree > on that. > The answer suggested by the authors is quite sobering: because > these recordings have been made for a niche market of audiophiles, > and the sound engineers who made them were therefore not subject > to the usual pressure to produce a type of sound that record > companies think sells best (reduced dynamic range, a balance > that emphasizes solo parts, added reverb, EQ, etc.). In other > words because they were allowed to do the recording in the way > they believed was right, usually employing very simple recording > techniques. > If this is true, it means we are being deprived of good recorded > sound not because the technology isn't performing, but just > because bad sound sells better. You get the same answer out of any serious discussion about compression and mastering: Bad loud music sells better than for example an unplugged concert recorded with just a stereo-mic (or some ambisonic-setup:)... Arnold -- visit http://www.arnoldarts.de/ --- Hi, I am a .signature virus. Please copy me into your ~/.signature and send me to all your contacts. After a month or so log in as root and do a "rm -rf /". Or ask your administrator to do so...
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