At 04:40 PM Tuesday 3/5/02 -0800, you wrote: >Should I only offer shows I have for trade that I have done a detailed >flaw analysis?
No - how could anyone? its impossible unless you have hours of time to listen for flaws. I rarely listen in one spot or in one room let alone doing one task (listening) singly. I listen in office sometimes on a medium hifi audio set up with computer, sometimes on a portable cd player with headphones, sometimes in car, sometimes on reasonably good hifi set up with good speakers, sometimes on a portable cd player with speakers, i have several sets of headphones. Each of these setups presents a different sound - I found shows can sound shite on hifi but great on headphones and vice versa - same with all other set ups. Even in the car - I need to mute CDs for talking on phone -. I only recently discovered a real loud buzz / burn flaw on one track of a Sinatra CD I've listened to many many times. I must have somehow missed hearing this track at all in all my listens. That said, i like to have flaws pointed out to me and when I hear flaws i note them. I just got a 3 CD P- Funk set - now i wont get time to sit down and listen through ever - and I'll always play it LOUD while wander around doing stuff - so I'll never hear a digipop or static this way. >Is it my responsibility to be aware of all quality issues with all of >the recordings I have? we all should try - but trading is a human activity meant to enjoy music and preserve it - not to listen for flaws in a essentially flawed recording / mastering environment. Some of my most enjoyable show shave digipops, small skips and all sorts of crap - I still look for better copies - but It doesn't make me feel the need to get on my high horse and lecture other traders. I still go to great efforts to make anything I send out is highest quality I can do. Reminds me of years ago when I worked with a bunch of people (including me) who were just getting into real HIFI, we shared magazines etc. and when we could afford it, the guy who plunged first had a great top end system. We all went around to listen one night - he had one Elton John Vinyl Album and one Audio test album, thats all, and he didn't really plan on buying much more . Taught me a lesson. - Its about the music. TIM +++==++ Tim O'Leary Trades page: http://www.alphalink.com.au/~oleary/van1.htm OZboots http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ozboots/ Anti-Virus Site: http://www.alphalink.com.au/~oleary/Virus/virus1.htm _______________________________________________ etree.org etree mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etree Need help? Ask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
