From Chris Fahey Sent Wed, Oct 14th 1998, 16:00
From Chris Fahey Sent Wed, Oct 14th 1998, 16:00
>>>Anyone point me to any good realaudio on the net...
>
>Check out the new issue of Urban Sounds (www.urbansounds.com), for not
>just Realaudio clips...
I love the urban sounds site, and I love people who put up Real Audio
tracks to give us all an idea of what something sounds like. And *in
theory*, the RealAudio radio show/DJ mix is a great idea.
But is it just me, but does anyone else here find most RealAudio
unlistenable due to the crappy sound quality?
IDM is all about the details and nuances of sound itself, not just about
a repetitive beat or interesting lyrics. While Alanis Morisette at
11k/8bit/mono with ultra-compression might not be any noticably worse than
the album ;), to listen to that kind of RealAudio of Autechre in anything
but ISDN quality or better is to rob the music of a great deal of its value.
And I'm not even an audiophile. Honestly, I detest audiophilia.
I have a T1 at my office, and I'm often frustrated when the only
RealAudio available to me is 28k crap. My request to RealAudio publishers
(provided they can afford the bandwith/server space) is to provide
super-high quality versions of everything they post for those of us with
high bandwidth access.
Yes, I'm spoiled with the T1 at the office and an ISDN at home, but so
are many many other people. Thoughts?
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