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  1. It's a I never said loudness is quality. Today's music is sometimes pushed so loud that it distorts. This is not good. Also, they dynamics are squashed and what we get is getting closer to a wall of sound. Back before the loudness wars, these issues were not issues. Recordings were not pushed to be as loud as possible. Dynamics were not compressed. Music was recorded more the way it was played. Do the artists of today realize what sort of recordings they are putting out?
  2. You are way too full of it to make any sense. I have heard too many recordings where the tonality was tweaked and improved but the DR was noticeably squashed. The thing is, when that happens, the recording with the squashed DR sounds worse. It's fatiguing, it's harsh, it doesn't sound as good especially when you can notice the lack of DR. To be a good recording, it has to have proper DR. The other day I was listening to something and it didn't sound correct. It was hard to turn up the volume and it was louder and harsh. It turns out I was not listening to the original version. I didn't know I was listening to this version until it didn't sound correct. You do need proper DR for music to sound good. How would you feel if I took a dynamic symphonic work and 1/2ed the DR? Would it still sound good to you on your expensive equipment? I feel for you since you just don't get it.
  3. One important thing to note, when a recording has proper DR, you can turn it up louder without it being too fatiguing. For example, I recently heard ABBA - Voulez-Vous (from the 2005 complete studio recordings) and compared to the original CD, it's very hard to listen to. The song Voulez-Vous originally has a DR of 13. The 2005 remaster has a DR of 7. It's very very noticeable. It's disgusting when good recordings are compressed and made louder. They take was was a good listenable recording and make it unlistenable.
  4. Sometimes when a recording is remastered, it looses one DB of DR. That's OK in most cases as long as the recording has enough DR to start with.
  5. So then we could very well be better off with hi-res audio because according to you, the hardware handles it better than CD audio.
  6. So your saying that 16/44.1 is not effective because the hardware used does not do it properly and we'd be better off with hi-res audio because that does work better. So basically, upsampling is just to fix a problem with the hardware. Sound a lot silly.
  7. Upsampling is fooling you. It's no better than the original bits you started with.
  8. Here the dynamic range of the 24/96. It is a little bit compressed. It's down 3db from the original/DCC. foobar2000 1.3.8 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1 log date: 2016-11-05 00:12:55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analyzed: Cream / Wheels Of Fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR Peak RMS Duration Track -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR11 0.00 dB -12.19 dB 5:03 01-White Room DR9 0.00 dB -10.97 dB 5:01 02-Sitting On Top Of The World DR10 0.00 dB -12.60 dB 4:37 03-Passing The Time DR10 -0.06 dB -12.02 dB 4:25 04-As You Said DR10 0.00 dB -11.40 dB 3:18 05-Pressed Rat And Warthog DR10 -0.12 dB -11.13 dB 4:17 06-Politician DR10 -0.03 dB -12.52 dB 2:57 07-Those Were The Days DR11 -0.01 dB -12.20 dB 3:14 08-Born Under A Bad Sign DR9 0.00 dB -11.31 dB 3:41 09-Deserted Cities Of The Heart DR10 -0.17 dB -13.30 dB 2:42 10-Anyone For Tennis DR9 0.00 dB -10.53 dB 4:20 11-Crossroads (Live) DR9 0.00 dB -10.70 dB 16:51 12-Spoonful (Live) DR11 -0.68 dB -15.16 dB 7:04 13-Traintime (Live) DR11 0.00 dB -14.36 dB 16:16 14-Toad (Live) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of tracks: 14 Official DR value: DR10 Samplerate: 96000 Hz Channels: 2 Bits per sample: 24 Bitrate: 4608 kbps Codec: PCM
  9. All the others I mentioned are also good. There are a lot of hi-res recordings that have had their DR squashed when the original recordings had good DR.
  10. Yes, you can find hi-res recordings with good DR. For example.... Tom Petty (with and without the Heartbrakers) Paul McCartney (with and without Wings) Beach Boys John Lennon - Imagine Yes The Who Crosby, Stills, & Nash Rush Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story Phil Collins Jethro Tull Just to name some that have not been remastered as victims of the loudness war.
  11. I've heard some hi-res remastered tracks where it sounds awful because of the squashed DR. Also, with DR squashing come volume raising. In some cases the volume is raised high enough for distortion. But when you hear the dynamics being squashed, you know that recording is not going to be enjoyable. Too many very good recordings have had the DR squashed enough to be noticeable. I don't mind a 1 or 2 DB drop because that can happen when remastering. DR range is one of the most important factors. With a DR that's too low, you can get fatigue listening to that recording. You can get a headache from that recording. You can get no enjoyment from that recording. With squashed DR, the recording can be not enjoyable that you don't want to listen and sometimes it can be painful. I don't get why wee need a loudness war. We need the online record shops to post DR values for each CD so we can know when not to buy.
  12. I don't know about power cables, but audio cables can and do sound different. You don't have to spend a fortune to get a good cable if you (or if you know someone0 who can make the cables from parts. You can get good quality cable cheap along with the connectors. It's just a matter if knowing how to solder the wires to the connectors.
  13. The loudness wars are still going strong and we are the losers. A lot of remasters are victims of the loudness wars which is why you should be very careful when buying hi-res audio. You could end up with an expensive dud. I have heard some of these new remasters of classic albums and they can sound awful because they are flat and lifeless. The lack of DR really be very noticeable.
  14. It's a victim of the loudness wars.
  15. The AAC is lossy. The FLAC does have more information than the AAC. So no, they are no way identical. As to both being lossy, there's no way to know about the FLAC based on that one photo.
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