Is not selling anything as high-resolution a joke?This is really sad. If they only butchered the CD, okay we're used to it. But selling this as "highres" is a joke.
Is not selling anything as high-resolution a joke?This is really sad. If they only butchered the CD, okay we're used to it. But selling this as "highres" is a joke.
It is.Is not selling anything as high-resolution a joke?
I might get laughed at by the unwashed brutes, but i like Tears for Fears. Seeing them murdered like this, when there is no good reason to do so, it hurts my softer side. I may be a bat, but i'm just human after all.Why are you so surprised? This heavy dynamic compression that squeezes the life out of the music and makes it sound like a giant wall of distortion is standard for most new music outside the classical realm. I've seen this on so many albums I've stopped listening to modern music, it gives me a headache/earache.
They are probably complicit in this musical crime. They're a big enough act, they have plenty of say in how their album sounds. If you like Tears for Fears and want to hear a recording that does justice to their music, check out the Steven Wilson remaster of their famous album from the 80s.... I might get laughed at by the unwashed brutes, but i like Tears for Fears. Seeing them murdered like this, when there is no good reason to do so, it hurts my softer side. I may be a bat, but i'm just human after all.
I find that unconvincing and vague.
The part that surprised me is that they are not doing it for all versions! I knew it was common place now but I didn't know it might be done to one format and not another!Why are you so surprised? This heavy dynamic compression that squeezes the life out of the music and makes it sound like a giant wall of distortion is standard for most new music outside the classical realm. I've seen this on so many albums I've stopped listening to modern music, it gives me a headache/earache.
Fair enough. I was thinking about the mixing only. The medium below is flawed indeed, even if the mix is better.
- basic noise floor of -70dB (A-weighted) if we’re lucky – stylus scraping along a groove in plastic, vinyl has finite grain size
- warped records cause various problems
- record wear
- record contamination: dust, dirt, vinyl particles
- fundamental limitations in linearity of vinyl cutting/replay system
- diameter loss: speed of groove decreases throughout LP, increasing noise and distortion and reducing upper frequency response
- pre-echo: adjacent groove modulation
- sound from speakers feeds back into the pickup
- Channel separation: varies with frequency and typically only 20-30 dB at maximum
- Record may be pressed towards end of life of the stamper, resulting in increased levels of various distortions
That’s it. Paradoxically, people applauding to 120 dB SINAD are then listening to these horrible music streams.Why are you so surprised? This heavy dynamic compression that squeezes the life out of the music and makes it sound like a giant wall of distortion is standard for most new music outside the classical realm. I've seen this on so many albums I've stopped listening to modern music, it gives me a headache/earache.
That’s it. Paradoxically, people applauding to 120 dB SINAD are then listening to these horrible music streams.
No, no, that one was Depeche ModeNor have i. A question of time, no doubt.
Check this out:
Tears For Fears – The Tipping Point – Review (LP , CD, Qobuz, Tidal, Amazon, Atmos, Binaural, Bluray Audio)
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ALL the existing digital formats are screwed! The compression, the clipping!
Quoting my buddy Danny:
"The sound engineers should be shot.
Out of a cannon.
Into the sun."
LP (DR10):
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Not sure how to parse that. Are you able to calculate the dynamic range? Could be as simple as using this python script over your files:
I wasn't able to get this to work for me, but using JRiver Media Center, it reports the DR level is 13 for the above track:Not sure how to parse that. Are you able to calculate the dynamic range? Could be as simple as using this python script over your files:
GitHub - simon-r/dr14_t.meter: Compute the DR14 of a given audio file according to the procedure described by the Pleasurize Music Foundation
Compute the DR14 of a given audio file according to the procedure described by the Pleasurize Music Foundation - simon-r/dr14_t.metergithub.com
dr14_tmeter -d -b will scan all files in the current folder.
Yeah, me, too -- I kind of figured they'd get The Big Chair, you know?I was interested right up until the last word of the title.
The inherent limitations of LP's prevent the very worst compression from being used.... if too loud/ compressed the stylus won't stay in the groove. It is also not completely accurate to compare the DR of and LP and digital recording... LP's will tend to score higher DR than they really are.The part that surprised me is that they are not doing it for all versions! I knew it was common place now but I didn't know it might be done to one format and not another!
"Sensecionalistic"?the presentation is very sensecionalistic
... not everybody is a native English speaker, writer, or typer."Sensecionalistic"?