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Old 2010-10-18, 11:47 AM
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Re: Determining The Better Quality File

when discussing "better quality" with mp3s, yer talkin about compression quality...i.e. one is way more compressed, therefore losing more frequency spectrums and sounding more muddied or tunnel-y or swish-y -- this is objective

when it comes to lossless audience recordings, "better quality" has to do with type of recording gear [quality of mics, etc], location & mic config/placement, if recorded to analog the number of generations/transfers, etc...this gets a bit more subjective, although is still objective in some regards

then when it comes to people's "re-masters", it gets even more subjective...very few re-masters floating around are done by someone with the knowlege and equipment to do a proper job...there are a lot of collectors these days who have a copy of some basic audio editing program, think they're an engineer, do some tweaking on a recording cuz they think "it sounds better", and presto -- another re-mastered version circulating...most of the time they've done nothing but polluted the pool with shite, but whatever...

this is why people are telling you -- listen and decide which version think is better
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