Comments on: EMI & Apple partner on DRM-free premium music http://olympus-mons.com/2067 I Believe In My Noodly Master, Hon Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:10:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Laundro http://olympus-mons.com/2067/comment-page-1#comment-16689 Laundro Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:49:30 +0000 http://olympus-mons.com/2067/#comment-16689 128 and 256 is night and day for me. Listen in the harmonics of vocals and in cymbals. Try Sunny Day Real Estate or Lisa Loeb. You'll hear it in the vocals. Their voiced sound like it was recorded with tin foil with a 128kbps MP3. AAC files deal with high end much better. Once you get past 256 the difference is negligible to most ears. But it's also true in the lower registers with bass. Jazz music sounds horrible in compressed audio. Try listening to any Mingus record in 128 bit MP3s and tell me it sounds acceptable. PS. I hear you with Hysteria. I just need to get it on vinyl and it will have come full circle. I really need to review that record here. Too bad Mutt Lange wasn't born here. Think of the production he could do to our country! 128 and 256 is night and day for me. Listen in the harmonics of vocals and in cymbals. Try Sunny Day Real Estate or Lisa Loeb. You’ll hear it in the vocals. Their voiced sound like it was recorded with tin foil with a 128kbps MP3. AAC files deal with high end much better. Once you get past 256 the difference is negligible to most ears.

But it’s also true in the lower registers with bass. Jazz music sounds horrible in compressed audio. Try listening to any Mingus record in 128 bit MP3s and tell me it sounds acceptable.

PS. I hear you with Hysteria. I just need to get it on vinyl and it will have come full circle. I really need to review that record here. Too bad Mutt Lange wasn’t born here. Think of the production he could do to our country!

]]> By: John A http://olympus-mons.com/2067/comment-page-1#comment-16688 John A Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:26:48 +0000 http://olympus-mons.com/2067/#comment-16688 Even after years of playing drums, you can distinguish 128Kbps and 256Kbps? Standing next to your cymbals for years without adequate protection really wiped out that range of my hearing. I'm personally in favor of moving away from music ownership entirely and going to more of a library system. As we approach more of an on-demand world, the ownership concept gets less meaningful. (Outside of the tangible "I like to hold my shiny disk and look at my pretty album art" argument, which is valid but less important to me.) We use Napster now, and for most of their catalog we just stream what we want and pay the monthly fee. I have no desire to own 90% of what I listen to, especially if I'm going to be tied to one format or another. I'd rather just rent it all. And I swear, if I have to buy <i>Hysteria</i> one more frickin' time... Even after years of playing drums, you can distinguish 128Kbps and 256Kbps? Standing next to your cymbals for years without adequate protection really wiped out that range of my hearing.

I’m personally in favor of moving away from music ownership entirely and going to more of a library system. As we approach more of an on-demand world, the ownership concept gets less meaningful. (Outside of the tangible “I like to hold my shiny disk and look at my pretty album art” argument, which is valid but less important to me.) We use Napster now, and for most of their catalog we just stream what we want and pay the monthly fee. I have no desire to own 90% of what I listen to, especially if I’m going to be tied to one format or another. I’d rather just rent it all. And I swear, if I have to buy Hysteria one more frickin’ time…

]]> By: Any Given Tuesday http://olympus-mons.com/2067/comment-page-1#comment-16687 Any Given Tuesday Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:33:44 +0000 http://olympus-mons.com/2067/#comment-16687 I think it's been a long time coming, but I'm glad to see some change. I <a href="http://blawk359.blogspot.com/2007/04/apple-partners-with-emi-to-remove-drm.html" rel="nofollow">wrote about the news</a>, but noted that one problem I still see with the deal is that AAC, being Apple's proprietary format, might not work on some MP3 players. I think it’s been a long time coming, but I’m glad to see some change. I wrote about the news, but noted that one problem I still see with the deal is that AAC, being Apple’s proprietary format, might not work on some MP3 players.

]]> By: April http://olympus-mons.com/2067/comment-page-1#comment-16684 April Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:10:37 +0000 http://olympus-mons.com/2067/#comment-16684 I heard, I heard. Kris told this morning. It's about time huh? I heard, I heard. Kris told this morning. It’s about time huh?

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