In Reply to: Thank you. So it seems to me that the dynamic range available with basic CD format is more than enough posted by beppe61 on April 10, 2014 at 08:34:04:
While the specified dynamic range for CD is way higher than cassette or LP, who would doubt that! - by around 20 dB or so - the *perceived* dynamic range is frequently actually a lot less!! 3 dB is double so 20 dB represents what? One hundred times more?!! Two orders of magnitude! Can my math really be right? LOL Am I the only one who finds off the shelf CDs thin-sounding, like papier mâché, lifeless and blah, like a cheap radio?
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- See, that's where the big problem is - geoffkait 08:56:51 04/10/14 (4)
- RE: CDs that sound "thin, papier mache-ish, lifeless, blah, etc..." - genungo 08:24:37 04/13/14 (0)
- As someone else have said there is a lot of manipulation - beppe61 10:01:51 04/10/14 (0)
- No you're not the only one but I find it an unfair (to digital) generalization. - Goober58 09:21:56 04/10/14 (1)
- "People seem to expect and like the colorations/distortions of vinyl." - b.l.zeebub 09:31:41 04/10/14 (0)