Dazen’s Digest

[orange]

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More for ME.

 

[orange]

I second that my friend!!! I hereby say that all pics and music of Micheal Bolton are banned from this forum, may we save the young ones from such blasphemy please!!!!!

I don't think that Derek gives a crap, honestly, the rest of us are over 45.

 

[Dazen1]

Roll Over Beethoven

I scored 9/10 and I'm not even a fan.

Ridiculously easy quiz.

 

[Miracle Mile]

Boring..

I scored 9/10 and I'm not even a fan.

Ridiculously easy quiz.

Typical British.

I scored 7/10....

BTW: All those Beatles albums should be perfect as re-issues for a Hi-Res Audio download...
It will fit perfect to the rest of the boring (and non audiophile) catalogue.

http://www.hdtracks.com/

 

[BlazeES]

Perfect! Share with the world!

10 out of 10


( lame quiz and the British catalog, so old-timer Americans will get confused ).
( they should have hired Pat to put it together ... )

I scored 9/10 and I'm not even a fan.

Ridiculously easy quiz.

 

[laatsch55]

6 out of 10.....

 

[derek92994]

I don't think that Derek gives a crap, honestly, the rest of us are over 45.

I'm 37, Michael Bolton Sucks

 

[orange]

I'm 37, Michael Bolton Sucks

Just don't abbreviate it, I'll mistake that for Mutual Broadcast System

 

[stuwee]

I scored 9/10 and I'm not even a fan.

Ridiculously easy quiz.

10/10 here

Which one did you miss? was it 'please please me'?

 

[Dazen1]

Which one did you miss? was it 'please please me'?

I'm pretty good with London locations, so that one was actually the easiest. EMI's office used to be in Manchester Square (where the photo on the cover was taken).

Q4 was the one I got wrong.

I'm not a Beatles aficionado and would have failed any serious quizzing on the subject.

 

[Dazen1]

Country House

A new kind of studio.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35152716

 

[Miracle Mile]

Must read...

Very interesting article:

http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html


Have a look at the dynamics of a High Res. 24bit/96Khz FLAC download from the highly acclaimed audiophile album by Steely Dan: Gaucho....


Track One - Babylon Sisters (24bit/96Khz FLAC High Res. Stereo):





Track One - Babylon Sisters (16bit/41Khz audio CD, MCA records Stereo):




Judge for yourself if those $18,- (complete album download) were a well spent investment or not..

 

[laatsch55]

What are we looking for Miles? Is the less crowded graph cleaner sounding or does that represent missing content? Very interesting article. I think I'm halfway through it. Hard to read on the phone.

 

[orange]

Very interesting article:

http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html


Have a look at the dynamics of a High Res. 24bit/96Khz FLAC download from the highly acclaimed audiophile album by Steely Dan: Gaucho....


Track One - Babylon Sisters (24bit/96Khz FLAC High Res. Stereo):

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Track One - Babylon Sisters (16bit/41Khz audio CD, MCA records Stereo):

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Judge for yourself if those $18,- (complete album download) were a well spent investment or not..

I got the cassette for Christmas in 1980 for free and it still plays.

I think I also have the 8-track.

 

[Miracle Mile]

Is the less crowded graph cleaner sounding or does that represent missing content?

It's just the other way round Lee, the first graph should give the "audiophile" surprise... but it doesn't.
50% of the total dynamics is lost in the compression (read: loudness war) and flattened at -1dB to avoid clipping.

Sorry for being too technical Lee....

 

[laatsch55]

It wasn't too technical Miles, just unfamiliar...

 

[orange]

Last year I had to do a bunch of stuff to save that boys' choir recording on the CD as the You Tube video of the concert had some real problems and almost got scrapped.

There is a big difference between 'loudness wars' and rescuing a recording with valid techniques.

 

[Dazen1]

Very interesting article:

http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html

A worthwhile read. Some smart observations.

Excellent stuff Miles.

 

[Miracle Mile]

Big?

Last year I had to do a bunch of stuff to save that boys' choir recording on the CD as the You Tube video of the concert had some real problems and almost got scrapped.

There is a big difference between 'loudness wars' and rescuing a recording with valid techniques.

I know steven....

But there's also a big difference between a boys' choir on YouTube and a masterpiece such as Gaucho by Steely Dan.

 

[orange]

Oh, do I know.