Re: [CGUYS] perfection

2008-01-06 Thread Tom Piwowar
Shows what happens when you give a barbarian a meter. Yeah, but it's data. How good the data is may be open to interpretation, but it's a lot better than arbitrary statements about what format sounds better. Data is not the same as information. It may even me misinformation. If he finds such a

Re: [CGUYS] perfection

2008-01-05 Thread Tom Piwowar
To support Betty, I always understood that the transition from analog to CD resulted in a loss of details that any fan (for ex of the Beatles) would notice on DC if they were used to listening to a good condition LP on a decent stereo. Back when I wasn't a geezer getting a new LP was a big

Re: [CGUYS] perfection

2008-01-05 Thread Eric S. Sande
PM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] perfection To support Betty, I always understood that the transition from analog to CD resulted in a loss of details that any fan (for ex of the Beatles) would notice on DC if they were used to listening to a good condition LP on a decent stereo. Back when I wasn't

Re: [CGUYS] perfection

2008-01-05 Thread Tom Piwowar
http://tinyurl.com/224y8j Shows what happens when you give a barbarian a meter. Bad methodology produces impressive looking, meaningless, pseudo-scientific graphs. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following

Re: [CGUYS] perfection

2008-01-03 Thread Paul Meyer
To support Betty, I always understood that the transition from analog to CD resulted in a loss of details that any fan (for ex of the Beatles) would notice on DC if they were used to listening to a good condition LP on a decent stereo. One reason I have been waiting for the high quality DVD's

[CGUYS] perfection

2007-12-30 Thread Tony B
While this sounds like a good rule at first, several questions arise. How do we know the source was 'good' to begin with? Was the room in which it was recorded 'correct'? Is the design of the instrument 'correct'? Was the musician playing the instrument 'properly'? Since all the words in quotes

Re: [CGUYS] perfection

2007-12-30 Thread Eric S. Sande
see. It was a poor representation. :-) - Original Message - From: Tony B [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 1:33 PM Subject: [CGUYS] perfection While this sounds like a good rule at first, several questions arise. How do we know

Re: [CGUYS] perfection

2007-12-30 Thread Steve Rigby
On Dec 30, 2007, at 1:33 PM, Tony B wrote: While this sounds like a good rule at first, several questions arise. How do we know the source was 'good' to begin with? Was the room in which it was recorded 'correct'? Is the design of the instrument 'correct'? Was the musician playing the

Re: [CGUYS] perfection

2007-12-30 Thread b_s-wilk
Those questions are silly. You're obviously not a musician or music connoisseur, otherwise you wouldn't bother to ask. Ever hear John Cage? How do you judge? A recording is what it is--you like it or you don't. My concern is to recreate an original recording as accurately, with as much data as