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In Reply to: RE: Messrs. Atkinson and Fremer are mad as hell and they aren’t going to take it anymore! posted by regmac on January 26, 2008 at 12:44:36
...the mission of a publication like Stereophile is to help educate consumers about the difference high end audio equipment can make in increasing musical enjoyment through greater resolution, detail and musical accuracy when heard through the equipment they cover.Your long-winded critique of their position and efforts to influence naysayers publishing in the mainstream media shows either a lack of understanding on your part, or just too much time on your hands.
After all, you don't seem to care enough about these issues to subscribe to the magazine or even buy a single copy.
>JA’s major complaint, if I read him correctly, is that the MP3 “discards frequency information” and can “smear” other musical artifacts.>
MP3 is a "lossy" format - much of the subtler musical information has simply been removed or discarded.
Have YOU ever done a comparison?
>It occurs to me that SETs do something very similar inasmuch as they fail to deliver the last word in musical information (especially at the frequency extremes), nor do they offer the ultimate in resolution.>
That's your opinion and not even a close comparison or analogy; your logic is faulty.
SET users feel it actually brings them closer to the music.
>When questioning young people about their iPods one detects an enormous amount of exuberance and emotional satisfaction, it’s infectious.>
MP3 players are the equivalent of the 8-tracks, cassetes and Walkmans of the past. Anything that allows the masses easier access to music is a good thing, IMO, and those who are interested in greater musical realism will gravitate toward high end once they are exposed to it and can afford it - just like we did.
But they may not have the curiosity to seek out these higher resolution media and equipment if the mainstream press tells them over and over it doesn't matter.
Read Fred Kaplan's article in Slate on the same topic below:
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