bobdixon
Established Member
jon_mendel said:Sure - sorry if I misunderstood. Were you saying that online MP3 stores re-master files so they're even 'hotter' than before, then
And yeah, I'm quite happy to accept that some people can hear the changes caused by even high bitrate MP3s (and apparently those who can't can be trained to do so). Glad I can't, anyway - makes things much easier
Not really. It's more down to my preference in music I guess For example Prodigy's 'The fat of the Land' sounds good and I love the album. My RCS indicates that it clips at source which tells me that it's been compressed dynamically to increase bass at cost to overall dynamics. I could of course be wrong and it hasn't stopped me playing it but it's there to be seen electronically. Missy Elliot's another one whose albums (shop bought and not downloaded) are almost always seen to be clipping. On top of this, if you're downloading from Napster or similar at 128 then that's simply another reduction in quality which IMO all adds up. Having said all that, I can prove this electronically but while my ears also tell me the same it's not such a big deal because I'm used to it