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post #31 of 39
2/24/09 at 5:16pm
plenty of distortion...especially in 'Seven Years'

old thread but re-enforcing the observation which has become a fact now
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post #32 of 39
2/24/09 at 5:18pm
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Originally Posted by lengcm View Post
Any of you hear any distortion in the 1st track between 1:58mins and 2:00min, in Norah Jone's album Come Away With Me ?

I am using a X-Can v2 amp even when I switched to my friend's Sudgen Headmaster, I still hear the distortion.

Is it because due to the pitch of her voice or is my cans faulty?
Yes I've noticed distortions with Norah recordings also. Seems people have given plausible reasons for it. Good thing I'm not a huge fan and only listen when I'm doing work or want background noise.

I have a collection of music for background noise, Krall and Norah are among them. The others are for when I want to sit back and listen to tunes, and just listen to tunes. Norah and Krall never make that list, EVER. So for me, bad recording for them, is of no big deal, as I normally wouldn't notice anyways.
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post #33 of 39
2/24/09 at 5:25pm
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post #34 of 39
2/24/09 at 8:48pm
I found something similar or a few of my other CDs too. At first I thought the distortions were introduced when I ripped the CDs into mp3s. Then I went back to the CDs and noticed they are on the CDs too. Since the CDs were shiningly new, I thought it must be the problem of my equipment. So I tried the CD with different equipment, and spent about $3000 on new CD players, amps, and headphones. I was joking on the last part. Anyway, in the end I have concluded that it was the problem of how they mastered the CDs... and there is nothing much we can do.

One example is the track "Take Five", around 3:03~3:05, on Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion's album "Jazz meets Cuba".
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post #35 of 39
2/24/09 at 8:50pm
I also found this, I was searching my whole rig where the fault was, but it was the CD!! Really makes me upset when I buy original cd's and they are full of distortion and faults!! Man you should hear Metallica - Death Magnetic, sometimes its unbearable!! Really makes you wish you didn't invest in stax.... but then the classical music shines
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post #36 of 39
2/25/09 at 4:15pm
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Originally Posted by khtse View Post
I found something similar or a few of my other CDs too. At first I thought the distortions were introduced when I ripped the CDs into mp3s. Then I went back to the CDs and noticed they are on the CDs too. Since the CDs were shiningly new, I thought it must be the problem of my equipment. So I tried the CD with different equipment, and spent about $3000 on new CD players, amps, and headphones. I was joking on the last part. Anyway, in the end I have concluded that it was the problem of how they mastered the CDs... and there is nothing much we can do.

One example is the track "Take Five", around 3:03~3:05, on Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion's album "Jazz meets Cuba".
I wasn't that smart to test before I jumped to silly conclusions this time. Thought that my brand new pk3 are faulty or that a small hair got inside the driver so I started to blow inside them trying to get that hair out... untill I completly wrecked the poor, ususpectfull earbuds
Yeah. Sent them for a replacment only to realise afterwords that I get the same **** from my other phones aswell
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post #37 of 39
2/25/09 at 4:42pm
Hurrah for resurrection of 6 years old threads lol!

Anyway, the album is distorted.
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post #38 of 39
2/25/09 at 7:04pm
I downloaded a FLAC rip and burned it to give it a listen and liked it so much I bought the SACD.

I've always thought the disc was exceptionally well done by the studio engineers, but I have noticed some moments that sound clipped. It never bothered me enough to look at it closer in Adobe Soundbooth.

I'm going to see what the standard FLAC file looks like compared to the SACD (provided Soundbooth can read it. I may have to make a FLAC rip of it also), and post again if there is anything interesting to share.
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post #39 of 39
2/26/09 at 5:06am
Yeah, the same clipping in my version. With electrostats it is sometimes unbearable and might have damaged my hearing till now! How poor I am...

Anyway, happy archeologists you're!

Ash
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