drmatt wrote: > > > > arny as Dr. Matt cut it to ribbons wrote: > > > > Fat sausage mastering is so popular because there is a perception that > > it helps sell recordings. > > > > > > > arny as he wrote it wrote: > > > > Fat sausage mastering is so popular because there is a perception that > > it helps sell recordings. When recordings are played near the ambient > > noise level (e.g. portable player in high noise environment or as > > background music in an office) it makes the recording more clearly > > audible. Of course it sucks the life out of recordings when played at > > the levels many use when doing dedicated music listening, but that mode > > of usage is not the rule. > > > > > > > > > > > I am well aware of all this. > > > > > > Really? If so then why do you butcher my statement as shown above? > Why limit the effects of compression to just radio, when in fact it > can affect any form of reproduction? > > > > > > > Most commonly it is seen in conjunction with heavy compression and > > squashed dynamic range (and sometimes outright distortion), which could > > be an artistic choice but most often is more to do with making it sound > > loud on the radio, > > > > > > Radios often have nothing to do with the desire for compression. > > > > > > > and to hell with the sound quality for those that take the time to > > listen properly. Very frustrating. > > > > > > Compression improves perceived sound quality in certain common > environments, most of which have nothing to do with radio. Furthermore > there are radio stations that don't use compression. > > > > > > > Well that's right, it doesn't go anywhere near far enough. Which is why > > I suggested it's part of a first step only... > > > > > > How is something that has no audible benefits good as part of a first > step? > > As others have pointed out, MQA's developers based MQA on an alleged > sonic problem that was in fact a fabrication of their minds, something > that is actually not an audible problem during sound reproduction. I > guarantee I can fix your stereo if what I purport to fix is something > that I just dreamed up and deceived you into thinking it exists. By > demonstrating my alleged invention only with sighted evaluations I can > trick suggestible people (with sighted evaluations that's just about > everybody who plays their game) into confirming the efficacy of my > alleged invention.
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