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Can even a Novice hear differences in Sound Qualit

Just wanted to relate an experience I recently had with a friend of mine. Those that have read my Threads before, have heard me wax enthusiastically about a DIANA KRALL-The Look of Love-DVD Audio Disk. The Recording has a Multi-Channel Surround Sound version Recorded in 24-bit/96 kHz. The Disk is being played through a Pioneer DV-58AV Universal Player, connected to a SpaceTechLab A-102 Vacuum Tube Headphone Amp, Driving a pair of Grado RS-1 Headphones. Only having 2-Channel capability, the Pioneer can Downmix the Multi-Channel version to two. A 65 year old friend of mind, not an Audiophile with limited hearing, was given a chance to listen to this Recording. His jaw had dropped to the floor. After listening for five minutes, he took the Headphones off and said "why don't they make all of them sound as good"? This Man was unimpressed with the multiple 2-Channel SACD/2-Channel Hi-Rez DVD-Audio Disks that he has heard on this Pioneer. The only thing that I can say is "out of the mouth of Babes...."! Sorry to keep harping on the point, but I believe that this is the only solution to the lack of Harmonic Content on all 2-Channel Digital Recordings, no matter the sampling rate. I also believe that it is the only solution to closing the gap of Harmonic Content between Analog and Digital, minus the ticks and pops. It would be a damn shame to lose it!
pettyofficer
mrtennis
3,295 posts
 
hi pettyofficer:

keep up the rant. maybe the men in the white coats will take you away. i think you should join o/c anonymous.
istanbulu
291 posts
 
oh god mrtennis give the new age bovine-schiza a rest... pettyofficer is raging/raising a wholly legit point... whether or not you like his style is beside the point... having said that, I like the style because it "emotionalizes" something I feel strong emotions about... music, and the quality of its reproduction... which can be so very very frustrating to get reasonably right because of the source material most of us deal with...

:) listening,

Ed
mrtennis
3,295 posts
 
insteasd of complaining about something, do something. if it is beyond one's control, complaining won't change anything.

for example, complaining about the weather is a waste of time.

i suspect pettyofficer is venting. the efficacy of such an activity, considering the number of his posts is close to zero.
istanbulu
291 posts
 
>>i suspect pettyofficer is venting. the efficacy of such an activity, considering the number of his posts is close to zero.<<

mrtennis, if you don't like the pettyofficer's message and if you don't like the style of the messenger, the "f"-icacy of your "f"-orts should seem problematic even to yourself. Why read and respond to what you don't value? Simple as that. Unless you see yourself as the caped-crusader of the 'gon saving other 'gonners from wasting their time and pixels.

I appreciate the pettyofficer's energies and concerns, and whether whether those bring change or not is immaterial to me. Simply giving voice to those concerns matters to me. That he cares and the points he makes reflect my own frustrations and annoyances with digital music and its distribution are a fresh change from the dispassionate "cool" and cynicism of most 'gonner posts.

:) listenting,

Ed
parasound63
162 posts
 
I dunno...

6 months ago I would have dismissed Pettyofficer as rambling gibberish. But after upgrading my system and trying to listen to some favorite CD's, I feel his pain.

I'm big on voting with my wallet, and I'm done buying inferior recordings, regardless of the merits of the artist. I'm with Pettyofficer on this one. Regarldess of his particular...uh...idiom...his central point is well taken.

-P
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