The Death of High Fidelity
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:15 am

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http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17777619/the_death_of_high_fidelity/print

A must-read for those of you who care about the quality of your music, especially with regards to production.

Sailor might enjoy this read.

RE: The Death of High Fidelity
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:02 am

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The same compression technique is used in TV advertising, basically making everything loud and annoying. Hence, I mute the TV or change the channel whenever ads are on.

RE: The Death of High Fidelity
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:06 pm

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That's the one!

But contact any TV channel, they will swear black & blue that they do not deliberatly turn the volume up, which in reality is actually correct, just a very sneaky way of going about it.

I really think they need to stop messing with it and leave it be. It ain't broke, so don't fix it. Albums sounded fine before this over-compression madness, stick to concentrating on good songs instead of trying to make big bucks of hit singles.

RE: The Death of High Fidelity
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:22 am

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They're designed for the technological age in which they have been made.

Low quality, small file sizes for crappy headphones. If you can fit as much into a small space they'll do it.

RE: The Death of High Fidelity
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:14 am

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Yup, everybody wants everything faster and smaller.

I hate this compressed rock stuff I hear on the radio... all the heavy stuff doesn't sound heavy anymore, just a polarised mess of sound. The songs don't "breathe".... subtle nuances of quiet parts are completely butchered.

RE: The Death of High Fidelity
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:09 am

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