mlsstl wrote: > > Finally, your comment is a bit confusing, as you refer to "comparing > side-by-side two versions of the same track". I couldn't quite tell if > you were talking about the same source where you had introduced a volume > difference or were talking about two separate CDs where one was louder > due to remastering. In the latter case, all bets are off in my book > since it is quite likely that dynamics, equalization and other factors > as well as the volume have been manipulated.
Well quite. On Spotify, if there's a selection of recordings, I pick the quietest but only because I know that is likely to be the least dynamically compressed. In this context, "loudness" is being associated to dynamic compression (based on likelihoods) so it's bad. If you are comparing two identical recordings, just playing one at higher volume, then the higher volume one will tend to sound better (this has been shown in DBX tests; also there is the factor of equal-loudness contours). In this context, "loudness" means just volume level, and more of it sounds good as long as your equipment has headroom to spare. Darren ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98610 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
