Thats all well and good, but if listening to a "poor quality" recording of a favoured song can lighten my mood and make me forget my troubles, why should I give a shit if I can't hear the lead singer scratch his nuts?
On 14/11/2009, J.C. O'Connell <[email protected]> wrote: > it does if the music and recording is truly sublime quality, when > that is lost you never even know what you missed, let > alone enjoy it just as much. Music isnt just about words > and beats and melodies, its about SOUNDS, sounds of instruments > and sounds can be beautiful, when the sound aint right, you > ARE not fully enjoying what is there for the enjoyment, no > matter how many times you say you are, you cant enjoy what you > cant hear. > > -- > J.C. O'Connell (mailto:[email protected]) > Join the CD PLAYER & DISC Discussions : > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ > http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > David Savage > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 8:00 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital > > > Ditto. > > The technical perfection of the recording/playback medium don't matter > much compared to the "meat" of the music. > > On 14/11/2009, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 2009-11-13 12:17 , J.C. O'Connell wrote: >>> You wouldn't say perfect or highest possible fideility is overrated >>> if you heard some of the worlds greatest recordings in all their >>> glory. >> >> please don't tell me what _i'd_ say >> >> i've spent a lifetime enjoying a wide variety of great live music; >> while i understand fidelity and the limitations of digital (and >> analog) audio, and while i'm somewhat awed by top-notch equipment and >> its output, i have no problem with "good enough" for recorded music; >> good enough is a holistic evaluation that everone will make >> differently -- for me it's more about the expression and "heart" of >> the music than it is about absolute fidelity; even with mediocre >> equipment and lots of background noise i can really enjoy music; i >> think that sense of "good enough" holds for a lot of others too, based > >> on the prevalence of car audio, iPods, etc. >> >> it's pretty much same with photography for me >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
