High End Hope?- USAToday article

[KeithR]

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-02-04/nashville-sound-quality/52963362/1

KeithR

 

[Thomas.Dennehy]

Two things:

1. Where on earth did they get their bit rate math? Even Neil Young displayed a better grasp of numbers.
2. In a high-res streaming world, nothing needs to "fit on disc."

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

I ran into so many misconceptions in the first couple of paragraphs that I had to stop wasting my time. But even if the details were right - which they certainly are not - it compeltely misses the point: If iTunes started selling 24/192 for 50 cents a song tomorrow, it wouldn't make much differece. 320kbps, hell, 256kbps is capable of so much more than the masters we're getting. It's the recording and mastering that is the problem. Even more to the point, it is the management and marketing that's the problem. Hi res will not fix it.

Tim

 

[Vincent Kars]

Vinyl is the most faithful medium, with no compression or translation of music.

Isn't that what we call RIAA correction?

 

[KeithR]

I ran into so many misconceptions in the first couple of paragraphs that I had to stop wasting my time. But even if the details were right - which they certainly are not - it compeltely misses the point: If iTunes started selling 24/192 for 50 cents a song tomorrow, it wouldn't make much differece. 320kbps, hell, 256kbps is capable of so much more than the masters we're getting. It's the recording and mastering that is the problem. Even more to the point, it is the management and marketing that's the problem. Hi res will not fix it.

Tim

That's been a problem since the 8 track, Tim. But any time we see mainstream publications talking about poor mp3 sound quality, I consider it a good thing.

And you missed a nice part with the head of Naxos later in the article.