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post #211 of 217
1/17/07 at 12:03pm
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Originally Posted by wolfen68 View Post
Sometimes it takes an extended listen to hear this stuff...it's like the brain needs the time to learn to recognize the difference. But once the difference is noticed...Wham....it will stand out from that point on.
Um, yeah ... I used to enjoy my music, but Head-Fi certainly cured me of that.
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post #212 of 217
1/17/07 at 12:19pm
I'm probably the last person to have heard it, but one CD that is hard to listen to all the way through is the new Beatles "Love" CD.

There is just so much going on in this CD that the amount of concentration required to digest it all is actually tiring!! I had to shut it down about halfway through. I attempted to listen to it on speakers last night, but they just couldn't do the thing justice. It seems to take two ears listening separately in perfect acoustic chambers to pick up all the changes to the original and all the new details. Quality phones are the only way to properly hear this new well recorded CD.
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post #213 of 217
1/17/07 at 12:46pm
I really can't stand that CD. It makes me not want to see the show, and I'm a HUGE Beatle fan.
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post #214 of 217
1/17/07 at 2:26pm
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Originally Posted by Snaques View Post
Funny thing happened the other day. I found this thread and, eventhough I was aware of this loudness war, was amazed by the difference that the loudness has on a record. So I told my GF to have a listen, because she really doesn't get this hobby. I thought that once she heard the difference there is in the sound, she might finally understand why I prefer higher quality audio to some lower alternatives. I think even she was a bit excited to hear this magical thing that I was talking about.

Well I played her the clip and what was the result? She claims that she heard no differences in the songs at all?!? Whoot??

I don't have no golden ears or anything, but I was so dissapointed to hear this. How could that be? Can't some people really hear anything, or is it just that she didn't care and didn't focus on the listening? I really don't know, but it was surprising to say at least
Like i said earlier, if she can't hear any difference then she'd be just as happy with a well mastered disc, and the world would be a better place
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post #215 of 217
1/18/07 at 7:31am
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/wee...992325,00.html
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post #216 of 217
1/20/07 at 10:18am
To the makers of the Songview project:
you should also add the catalogue number of the submitted CDs, as CDs are often differently mastered for the American , European and Japanese markets. Also "digital remastered" reissues sound often a lot worse than the original but have of course a new cat. no.
This would make it a lot easier for potential buyers to search for the best sounding version of the CD.
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post #217 of 217
1/20/07 at 12:19pm
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Originally Posted by SickMouthy View Post
Good link. Have to agree with the Lilly Allen album on that list, a better mastering would make a good album even better
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