Re: [TANGO-L] Tandas at the speed of a mouse click

[Christian Lüthen <christian.luethen @gmx.net>]

On 11 Jan 2005 at 16:19, Stephen Brown wrote:

> A little more about MP3 sound quality:
> Many claim that in a noisy room and the typical sound system at
> milongas and the mediocre sound quality of the original recordings,
> the loss from MP3 files won't be that noticeable.  A few claim that
> there is no audible loss in sound quality.  I wonder what kind hearing
> people who make such statements have.  I find the difference to be
> quite noticeable.  In comparison, to the original CDs, MP3 files of
> tango music sound suffer from a loss in dynamics, sparkle and
> dimensionality.  You can still hear the bump, bump, bump of the
> rhythm, but what much else of what gives music life is lost.

mp3 is based on psychoacoustics ...
... which presumes that hearing (and sound) is flawless.
[appearantly people with perfect hearing have no problems, but those
with limited hearing (the majority) do have!]
neither one is right for old tango music.

Christian

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