firedog;626171 Wrote: > I just played with the plugin for a few minutes. > > Many classical and jazz albums (even small bands / acoustic only > quartets) came out with "15-17" - clearly one of the reasons I prefer > their SQ. > > Rock/Pop not a lot of cuts with a number over 12. Many at the 5-10 > range. In some this means there was light/heavy limiting, in others it > probably just means the actual dynamic range of the music isn't so > great. > > The Beatles remasters: to my surprise a quick sample of various cuts > showed the stereo and mono versions not to be too different: Between > 0-2 difference per cut. So that backs up Apple's claim that the > limiting was light on the stereo versions. Band on the Run hi-res > remaster limited version was only about 2 less than the unlimiited > version. So again this backs up the claim that the limiting was light. > > New Paul Simon album "So Beautiful or So What" - Range of 5-7 per song > and it sounds like it - sounds very compressed. A shame. > > "Let it Bleed" CD from the 90's (I think) averaged "11"; new 88k > download averaged 10 - not what I would have expected.Pretty much cut > for cut the hi-res tunes were "1" less than the counterparts on the CD. > And the hi-res download sounds both louder and more dynamic. So maybe I > don't understand these nubmers very well.
It is interesting. You can't just choose masters based on the numbers... as your Rolling Stones example showed. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Belden Digital,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87106 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
