Pink's latest release is broken :(

Serendipity
Serendipity Posts: 6,975
edited February 2013 in The Clubhouse
Just listened to The Truth about Love - Try and the clipping distortion is unbearable. The first few verses are okay, until the hard limiter kicks in and destroys the whole recording. Heck, it sounds better on my HTiB than any of my rigs because the Onkyo HTiB speakers hide the distortion.

DSP processors are so powerful these days yet the recordings get worse and worse every year. Unbelievable.

Here is a video for those who are not familar with the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPtlSF4TlJE
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited February 2013
    Another one that makes my head unit sound like it's broken:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn676-fLq7I

    At least when the limiter kicks it feels like someone turned down my radio 2-3dB.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited February 2013
    The worst one of all, IMO:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jNlIGDRkvQ

    It literally sounded worse on my friend's Kenwood Excelon HU playing HD Radio than my Alpine on FM, that was when I realized the higher end receivers really show the flaws of a signal. A $50 iPod dock sounded better.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited February 2013
    Who the hell listens to Pink???
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited February 2013
    Answer- people with cheap ipods.
    Same people who have always listened to Pink
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
    edited February 2013
    Someone must be...she is still putting out recordings!!
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited February 2013
    Bfd
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    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,224
    edited February 2013
    I listen to Pink my wife loves her. Agree that it's not the best on my rig but in the car I like it..

    Kelly Clarkson new CD ( Stronger ) I can put in and listen front to back I like it!! Sounds fantastic in my rig..

    Bruno Mars is another one of my new favorites in my rig as well..
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  • michael1947
    michael1947 Posts: 775
    edited February 2013
    I like and listen to them all.:cool:
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited February 2013
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    I listen to Pink my wife loves her. Agree that it's not the best on my rig but in the car I like it..

    Kelly Clarkson new CD ( Stronger ) I can put in and listen front to back I like it!! Sounds fantastic in my rig..

    Bruno Mars is another one of my new favorites in my rig as well..
    Are you kidding me???

    Stronger is compressed all to hell, and so are both of the Bruno Mars CDs I've heard (don't remember the names of those). I have to deal with a dose of that music because my wife likes it and I'm the one in charge of ripping everything down to the media server and her iPhone. I run tests on every CD as I rip, and those all have BAD compression and lack dynamic range because of it.
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  • polrbehr
    polrbehr Posts: 2,830
    edited February 2013
    AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »
    Are you kidding me???

    Stronger is compressed all to hell, and so are both of the Bruno Mars CDs I've heard (don't remember the names of those). I have to deal with a dose of that music because my wife likes it and I'm the one in charge of ripping everything down to the media server and her iPhone. I run tests on every CD as I rip, and those all have BAD compression and lack dynamic range because of it.

    Hey, to each his own, right?

    I happen to like Owl City, especially after I took my daughter and her friend to see him (them) last year.
    His CDs give new meaning and validation to the "loudness wars", but he's a heck of a talented musician.

    Carry on.
    So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,224
    edited February 2013
    AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »
    Are you kidding me???

    Stronger is compressed all to hell, and so are both of the Bruno Mars CDs I've heard (don't remember the names of those). I have to deal with a dose of that music because my wife likes it and I'm the one in charge of ripping everything down to the media server and her iPhone. I run tests on every CD as I rip, and those all have BAD compression and lack dynamic range because of it.


    No I'm not!! I didn't say it was the best I said I enjoy them. If I took everything I listened to to the audio geek way of listening I would spend more time searching for music that meets these standards then actually listening to just music.. I got board and tired of it, it can get exhausting and take away from some of the enjoyment of just listening..

    Don't get me wrong I have my favorite recordings and they will continue to grow. But at the same time I also just want music in the house that I don't sit and nit pik to death..

    I have no control over how they are mastered, but I do have control over not beating it to death on how bad it is, and when it's mastered real well I can be very surprised and pleased..

    Also everyone's rig/gear speakers and what not are all different as well..


    Also just because its not mastered to ones liking doesn't mean the story or message being told is bad..


    The one thing I can say that I have hated about putting together a system that shines is that a lot of music that I always enjoyed listening to didn't sound so good anymore, especially some of my favorite metal and punk bands.. Well I want to enjoy them so I find the time to do so as well as much as I like to do critical listening..


    As stated above to each his own..
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  • Tornado Red
    Tornado Red Posts: 939
    edited February 2013
    This is for the FOGs out there..."Oh by the way, which one's Pink?"
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  • scottyboy76
    scottyboy76 Posts: 2,905
    edited February 2013
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    I listen to Pink my wife loves her. Agree that it's not the best on my rig but in the car I like it..

    Kelly Clarkson new CD ( Stronger ) I can put in and listen front to back I like it!! Sounds fantastic in my rig..

    Bruno Mars is another one of my new favorites in my rig as well..

    Bruno Mars can really sing, these days thats worth a couple gold stars, and how would you like to be young, talented and have a face like that.

    You know the girls are just...............
    humpty dumpty was pushed
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