[Jukebox-list] Audio question

[Ron Rich]

Frank,
   Sorry, I can't answer that as I have no false teeth, yet--but I am at the point where it is becoming necessary to consider it--
  Ron Rich 

rodehond <rodehond at xs4all.nl> wrote:
  Would that include false teeth?
And its a great excuse for a busted liver: "Yeah, the doctor said I 
should cut down on the heavy bass...."

Frank


Op 24-jul-07 om 17:53 heeft Ron Rich het volgende geschreven:

> Ah-haw--then my crystal set is perfect !!! Great AM reception, on one 
> station !!
> Ron Rich
>
> Wesley Dean wrote:
> Just because a person's hearing is limited to certain frequencies 
> does
> not mean that these sounds are not having effect on the body ULF may 
> cause
> damage to the liver. UHF is felt by the teeth. To be sure you are, safe
> listen only to low fidelity music. Wes .
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Breneman"
> To: "Jukebox mailing list"
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 11:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] Audio question
>
>
>
> --- Ray Finch wrote:
>
>
>> There was some mention before of digitally reproduced sound not
>> being as
>> good because it is sampled and that the tube amps have a "warm"
>> sound to
>> them. I have heard these arguments before...
>
>> The "warm" sound of a tube amp is not anything that I have ever
>> been able to notice.
>
>
> The so called "warm" or (gag!) "phat" sound of tube amps
> primarily expresses itself in distortion. When overdriven,
> tube amps tend to distort br producing harmonics. Transistor
> amps tend to distort by clipping. If you never drive your
> amp to distortion there is very little difference in the
> sound. As far as sampling goes, the notion that analogue
> media have "limitless" frequency response is pur snake oil.
> CDs top out at 20 kHz, which most people over 20 can't
> hear. My hearing tops out at about 18+ kHz, and 15 kHz
> isn't uncommon. Most LP albums contain nothing above
> about 17-18 kHz.
>
>
>> In similar way digitally produced audio (CD, MP3, etc.) is not 100%
>> perfect either. Yes, technically speaking, it is true that by
>> using
>> digital sampling extremely minute portions of the audio are lost.
>> But
>> when we are talking about CD quality digital audio, the reality is
>> that
>> what is lost is not anything that most human beings can discern.
>
>
> Be careful not to lump sampling rate in with lossy compression.
> Much music in mp3 format sounds wretched because of the loss
> and artifacts caused by compression. CDs aren't "perfect sound
> forever" as they were touted in the 80s, but lossy compression
> can truly be sound that sucks for an eternity.
>
>
> David Breneman david_breneman at yahoo.com
>
>
>
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