quoted 3 lines this attitude even gets duplicated in the press by places such as> this attitude even gets duplicated in the press by places such as
> pitchforkmedia who make light of anyone complaining about bitrate, as
> though it's inconsequential.
....well, on a deerhoof record where 98% of the sound is floored through the
mids, it really doesn't!
as long as the masses continue to have bad taste in music, and play their
bad music through low quality systems and shitty desktop pc speakers, mp3s
will continue to be the norm. it really depends on what's being played back
more than anything else.
a strokes or deerhoof or clap your hands say yeah! or sonic youth record
will not sound much different on mp3 vs. cd, irregardless of the setup,
because no effort was put into creating intricate sound textures at the low
or high end [sonic youth certanly puts the effort in, but it's all guitars
and floored through the mids].
a nine inch nails or radiohead or autechre or peter gabriel record will put
that effort in, and it will be lost in the compression.
it's not a coincidence that people into the latter group tend to be more
interested in purchasing high end systems, and it's these people that will
demand that the physical media exists, so that they can actually HEAR what
it is that their favorite band put so much effort into creating.
as far as whether or not this is a large enough segment of the music buying
public to keep the majors interested in cd production, i don't know. but
people like me will never take compressed media seriously because it will
never be capable of competing with the physical media on a reproduction
level.
and, in my opinion, the worst thing that could happen would be for the
smaller labels to give up on sound quality in return for lower production
costs because it would give the majors a monopoly on my cd collection.
j
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