pippin;581839 Wrote: > Bitrate is just one quality parameter. Encoding quality is just as > important. > Are you sure Spotify does nothing to the mastering like dynamic > compression as radio stations do them?
+1 Wonder if the labels, when providing music to spotify is giving them some modern "production values" to compete in the never ending loudness race. radio has always had special mixes and promos not indended for sale for ages. In the good old LP days I had some for radio only maxi singles . FM stations grind their stuff thru these wile devices "optimod multiband compressors" http://www.orban.com/products/radio/fm/feature_comp/ There is simply no way to tell if you did not encode decode the files yourself from the same source . When the difference is very big, the chances are that it's not the same mix you are hearing btw do spotify provide rg tags ? -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe' Primare and Dynadio speakers, Contour 4 Contour Center, and Contour 1.3SE for the rear ch. Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Miscellaneous use: Radio (with battery) I use a Controller various ir-remotes and a Eee-PC with squeezeplay to control this ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82484 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
