>Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 19:57:50 +0300
>From: Juuso Koponen <mekaanikko@nutempo.com>
>Organization: n u t e m p o | eclectic beatz
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>To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
>Subject: Re: DJ Preference
>
> > >As for frequency response, the human ear can only hear from
>about 20 cycles
>> >per second up to about 20,000 (that's a little kid who's never listened to
>> >any music on headphones.... all the tossers on *this* list, like me, would
>> >be lucky to hear anything much above 18kHz.) I'll wager CD's have a much
>> >flatter frequency response across the dynamic range as well.
>> I'm one of those tossers...and its not really at the high end that I notice
>> a difference. its very much at the low end...at a very high volume, on a
>> proper *system*. There are also a lot of sounds that we here rather than
>> feel...
>
> As an interesting detail, I'm (half seriously, half just for the laugh)
>reading a book called something like "Good Audio Reproduction" from
>1971, and it sez something like this (my own free translation):
>
> "The lowest frequency of sound human ear can hear is normally around 16
>Hz. The highest frequency varies individually and gradually decreases as
>we get older. Young people can hear sounds at frequencies over 16,000 Hz
>- some even up to 20,000 Hz - but old people are seldom able to hear
>anything beyond 8,000 Hz. The singing of crickets, for example, is so
>high-pitched that old people cannot hear it, and thus it is said that
>crickets only sing for young people."
Yeah, I somewhat tested my high freqency listening, using an old JBL
sound test record (that's where Luke Vibert gets his "...and snare's
be crisp..." sample, and I could only start hearing something from
about 13kHz or so, but, maybe it was my speakers. Not only that but
70Hz is a lot lower than you think.
I do like the sound of vinyl better, there is that warmth from it.
And, many CDs are so overproduced that they have no feel to them.
Just check out any audiophile magazine (http://www.stereophile.com,
http://www.theabsolutesound.com) for even more critical. And they
tend to have better music reviews than many magazines. Because they
are concerned with the sound the acually do listen to the music
rather than the marketing campaign. Stereophile had Robert Walter's
20th Congress as the album of the month. I then saw them live
opening for Charlie Hunter and saw why.
erik g
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