Want sound quality back? Join here....

steveinaz
steveinaz Posts: 19,538
edited February 2012 in The Clubhouse
http://www.turnmeup.org/

This organization fights the loudness wars. Join, PLEASE.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited February 2012
    Joined!
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited February 2012
    Fortunately, the music I listen to doesn't seem to be affected by the loudness war.

    Classical and Jazz recordings still sound GREAT!
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited February 2012
    Joined also!

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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited February 2012
    Serendipity wrote: »
    Fortunately, the music I listen to doesn't seem to be affected by the loudness war.

    Classical and Jazz recordings still sound GREAT!

    So join anyway

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2012
    Every single audiophile on this forum should be running (not walking) to join this effort. We ALL know how beautiful a well mastered CD can sound; SO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2012
    Serendipity wrote: »
    Fortunately, the music I listen to doesn't seem to be affected by the loudness war.

    Classical and Jazz recordings still sound GREAT!

    We need your support anyway brotha!!
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2012
    Post this link on every audio forum you are on, as I already have.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited February 2012
    heiney9 wrote: »
    So join anyway

    H9
    steveinaz wrote: »
    We need your support anyway brotha!!

    Joined! I put "Musician" in the drop-down menu even though I am both a "Musician" and "Music Lover."

    Seriously though, when they start compressing recordings by Enya, Andrea Bocelli, The Stimulators, Bolero, Mozart, etc. then I'll be pissed...
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,396
    edited February 2012
    steveinaz wrote: »
    We ALL know how beautiful a well mastered CD can sound; SO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.


    Yep.... about half as good as the LP.:cheesygrin::razz:


    Joined.:cool:
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2012
    You the man.
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited February 2012
    Done !!!
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited February 2012
    Serendipity wrote: »
    Fortunately, the music I listen to doesn't seem to be affected by the loudness war.

    Classical and Jazz recordings still sound GREAT!

    Until they start doing the same things the pop industry has. Its amazing how little press this gets compared to ripping at high bitrates. Like a low bitrate, once the dynamic range is gone, you cant get it back.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2012
    Thanks Chumlie---tennessee tuxedo.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited February 2012
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    Until they start doing the same things the pop industry has. Its amazing how little press this gets compared to ripping at high bitrates. Like a low bitrate, once the dynamic range is gone, you cant get it back.

    Not sure if they ever will. It seems like a recording style, as certain types of music (pop/rock) tend to be compressed more than other genres. And it doesn't seem to be related to date of release or format, for example Enya - A Day Without Rain is very quiet in comparison to Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited February 2012
    steveinaz wrote: »
    Post this link on every audio forum you are on, as I already have.

    Did you put it on AVSFORUM? If so link to it and I will bump it there....
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2012
    No...I didn't. haven't been on there in so long, I forgot my login info...LOL
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited February 2012
    Thats not where it came from ( for me anyway ). But i do know what your talking about. Exit stage left. When cartoons were good. Nothing like saterday morning's back in the day. Good times.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2012
    Ok, so you are as old as me...LOL
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited February 2012
    steveinaz wrote: »
    Ok, so you are as old as me...LOL
    Indeed
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited February 2012
    Dont forget TFIG with Full House, Family Matters and Americas Funniest Home Video's (when it was still good :wink:)
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited February 2012
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    Dont forget TFIG with Full House, Family Matters and Americas Funniest Home Video's (when it was still good :wink:)
    Blah, funniest video's started this reality crap IMO.
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  • audio_alan
    audio_alan Posts: 770
    edited February 2012
    Joined also. Who knows if anything will come from it, but it couldn't hurt!
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2012
    Here's a download for Foobar that rates dynamic range of your CD's. http://www.pleasurizemusic.com/free-downloads
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  • WGDB
    WGDB Posts: 162
    edited February 2012
    Joined!
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,602
    edited February 2012
    Done...
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  • newrival
    newrival Posts: 2,017
    edited February 2012
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    Dont forget TFIG with Full House, Family Matters and Americas Funniest Home Video's (when it was still good :wink:)

    when were any of those shows any good? :neutral:
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  • polrbehr
    polrbehr Posts: 2,830
    edited February 2012
    Joined.

    And I will link to it on my website (as soon as I get a Round Tuit).
    So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited February 2012
    @ Steve: I just took it in the rear on AVSFORUM for posting this lol.....

    you would think a forum about audio and video might have some folks that cared lol
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  • audio_alan
    audio_alan Posts: 770
    edited February 2012
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    @ Steve: I just took it in the rear on AVSFORUM for posting this lol.....

    you would think a forum about audio and video might have some folks that cared lol

    Maybe your average AVSFORUM member likes LOUD, crappy sounding, over-compressed music? :wink:
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  • rromeo923
    rromeo923 Posts: 1,513
    edited February 2012
    Joined!
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    The reflected sound of everything
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