Something Very Fishy Going On............

Posted by Todd Krieger (A) on March 24, 2007 at 15:12:48

This kind of dovetails with the "Vibrato" discussion on Music Lane, and also my experiences with some audio compression formats, most-notably Apple Lossless.....

It may not be unique to Apple Lossless.....

I am currently on my mom's PC, and I notice a huge difference in the amount of vibrato I hear from different singers. I'm also picking up the inflections. Though the computer speakers. (I don't notice this with my own powerful home PC through AKG 701 headphones.)

I then played that Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto that I discovered on this PC on YouTube, and noticed that "Cleveland Orchestra" quality from the NHK Symphony, but didn't quite hear it on other PCs.... The brass sounds more like real brass, the piano sounds like a Steinway.... And the nuances once again hit me.... (I think I now know why not everybody warmed up to the performance.)

I played the Who's "Endless Wire" CD, and it sounds more like how I remember it though my home system....

I don't know how signals get converted and processed within the inner workings of PC hardware and software, but this disparity in nuances I find bothersome, for I think it has given a lot of people false impressions of performances. Mostly good performances whose soul has been ripped out of by the digital recording process.

This should also be a "heads-up" for those of you thinking about computer-based playback. Different PCs may sound ghastly different, for reasons that right now leave me clueless. Maybe it's the sound card. It's a real mystery. But the difference can be profound.

Boy has digital f'ed up music.....

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Topic - Something Very Fishy Going On............ - Todd Krieger 15:12:48 03/24/07 (23)

The ABC station in Boston has noticeable wow and flutter on the music -- even the cable feed. What's up with *that*? nt - clarkjohnsen 08:04:53 03/27/07 (0)

Couple of things... - mkuller 14:04:19 03/26/07 (0)

Re: Something Very Fishy Going On............ - Awe-d-o-file 10:51:36 03/26/07 (0)

Fishy? Maybe you check with the Bass Nut....(nt) - mkuller 14:28:16 03/25/07 (1)

They have nuts? nt - subdud 06:32:43 03/26/07 (0)

Re: Something Very Fishy Going On............ - Tuckers 13:43:15 03/25/07 (1)

Oh I Forgot to Say...... - Todd Krieger 13:53:24 03/25/07 (0)

Not that you would be using differing power cords rather than... - AAG 07:25:50 03/25/07 (1)

Re: Not that you would be using differing power cords rather than... - Todd Krieger 13:50:17 03/25/07 (0)

Re: Something Very Fishy Going On............ - Dawnrazor 00:24:26 03/25/07 (7)

Re: Something Very Fishy Going On............ - Todd Krieger 03:25:07 03/25/07 (6)

Re: Something Very Fishy Going On............ - Dawnrazor 10:12:56 03/25/07 (5)

I Might Try This..... - Todd Krieger 13:59:25 03/25/07 (4)

Easier way - Dawnrazor 15:08:22 03/25/07 (3)

Thanks..... - Todd Krieger 20:36:43 03/26/07 (2)

Re: Thanks..... - Dawnrazor 21:10:25 03/26/07 (1)

Re: Thanks..... - Todd Krieger 03:11:07 03/27/07 (0)

How are you listening to the music? - orpheus 21:45:53 03/24/07 (1)

Re: How are you listening to the music? - Dawnrazor 23:56:03 03/24/07 (0)

It's not hard to imagine..... - pburant 16:53:00 03/24/07 (2)

Since I've Heard Variations on an iPod..... - Todd Krieger 19:32:22 03/24/07 (0)

Yes, RF noise will kill the perception of vibrato in singers. - Al Sekela 17:10:17 03/24/07 (0)

many reasons for different sound: - danny kaey 15:22:51 03/24/07 (0)

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