when i play out using CD's i always cut down on the high freqs......makes
the sound warmer and rounder....i also use it when producing using digital
sound sources...
Olaf
----- Original Message -----
From: Jason Martin <suenomartino@bigpond.com>
To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: zaterdag 31 maart 2001 3:28
Subject: Re: vinyl vs. CD again
> compare any cd and vinyl equivalent and I definetely feel something is
lost
> in the D/A conversion regardless of how much remastering you might like to
> do for CD..
>
> >> And it's not just a consensus, but pure facts: on vinyl you can hear
(or
> > > better said feel) the frequencies above 20 000 kHz, on digitally
> recorded
> > > music it's
> > > cut off.
> > wow! really? 20000kHz? unfortunately the human hearing range ends at
> 20kHz. ;-)
>
> as the above statement says, "or better said, feel" rather than hear...
> music at a decent volume isnt only sensed aurally.. not sure about
20000khz
> though hehe..
>
> CD listening on my CD-only setup at home gives me headaches after a
period,
> whereas vinyl listening doesn't. I enjoy both formats for what they
offer
> though.. (flipping vinyl constantly at home sucks.. :)
>
> the thing that really irks me is the _shit_ sound systems all these clubs
> insist on running to this day. Always cheap, noisy and loud - IMO a good
> club system should have presence but you should be able to have a
> conversation at normal volume in the middle of the dance floor. It seems
> like the dance music industry took alot from the days of the Loft,
Paradise
> Garage etc, but they sure as hell didnt learn anything about sound system
> setups from it... :(
>
> j
>
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