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
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
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.
>>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
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
-instead of complaining about something, do something. if it is beyond one's control, complaining won't change a thing-

Point well taken, unless one uses the excuse, 'if it is beyond one's control' as an excuse to do nothing, to not even try. How do you know it is beyond your own control, have you even tried it, has anyone? Of course not, because we are all too busy swallowing the apathy pills being pushed by our Recording Industry Drug Dealers! They butter their bread with your masochistic devaluing of your own self worth! Why do you want to continue feeding them, they are soon going to be done with your empty shell, and start looking for a new supply-us! Attitude is 90% of the equation in determining one's own Market Self Worth! The Recording Industry already has your 90% in their back pocket, and they didn't even have to lift a finger to get it! Why are you selling yourself so cheap, and claiming as an intellectual exercise that we should all do the same? Because misery loves company?
It is not beyond one's control, there are already cracks in the wall. Records are coming back in response to the miserable performance of the CD, just because the quality/price is not up to par, it is still a response. Even SACD/DVD-Audio, despite the Market attempt to rob everyone blind with the lack of Sound Quality in these New Formats, is still a response to the lack of existing Sound Quality. It is a good thing that the American Public saw through the sharade of SACD/DVD-Audio, demanding instead a real substantial improvement in Sound Quality! They are hungry for it, your Recording Industry Masters, Mrtennis, are starving them of it! Your Masters don't want a huge expense at having to produce it! You, Mrtennis, are their best ally. You stand in the way of the rest of us getting some decent Sound Quality for the money! I am just confused as to why you don't even want to take the chance of getting some of the same? Don't wait for the translation, Mrtennis, answer the question!