darrenyeats;352654 Wrote: > Whoa. Even die-hard red book fans, as you put it, have always known it > is possibly to hear the difference between red book and hi-rez -under > certain conditions.-. In this sense this study isn't really news.
Correct, it's 8 year old news. But my question to you is: how can you stay a die-hard red book fan when, at the same time, you hear (as opposed to just knowing) that there's something better available? What's so special about red book that it is protected and cherished with an almost religious fanaticism? In my view, we can do away with it any time as soon as we have a better format for all the music I like. I like flac 24/48 much more. > The way I see it using "the gamelan music of Bali, which is extremely > rich in HFCs with a nonstationary structure" is a bit like playing > silence very loudly. It's trying to prove a point...but not a point I'm > interested in. I think you misread that part like they use some obscure instrument that will influence test results. They don't, see below: > What about some nice classical piece, aren't there enough instruments of > sufficient frequency range in there? Picking a genre like classical > because it has HF content is as far as I'm willing to go. Any more > picky than that and you're rigging the game so much I don't care about > the outcome. Gamelan music is popular in Asia and all the test-subjects were Asian and listen to that music at home too so it's not a rigged setup. They use mostly the same instruments that are used in Western classical music and I have no doubt that a western xylophone, violin or flute has comparable harmonics than the Asian version even though they look a bit different. But I knew the red book lovers & guardians were gonna find new arguments, the crusade is on! ;-) "A gamelan is a musical ensemble of Indonesia typically featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, drums, and gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings, and vocalists may also be included." cheers, Nick. -- DeVerm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DeVerm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18104 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54077 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
