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Does Going Digital Mean Missing Music?
arlanTLDR writes "The Seattle PI is running a story about how the MP3 format is the sign of a musical apocalypse. Apparently, many top music producers are 'howling' over the fact that files in a compressed format contain 'less than 10 percent of the original music on the CDs.' Is this just sensationalist FUD, or is there something to the assertion that listening to an MP3 is like hearing music 'through a screen door?'" The article mentions that the iPod and its cheap earbuds bear some of the responsibility for rendering this degradation in sound quality less objectionable.
MP3 and iPod is actively damaging the quality of the music we get because recording engineers are forced to compress the dynamic range and make other sound quality compromises to enhance listenability on this crappy delivery chain.
There is plenty of good quality music out there well worthy of high quality sound reproduction from the studio to the listener. This MP3 trash is destroying people's ability to purchase well recorded music.
As soon as this iPod fad dies out we'll start getting a renaissance in music.
Seriously, the people who say they can tell the difference would never pull it off in a blind comparison
Well, I'll be damned sure to load your blind comparisons with bat-human hybrids!
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