In Reply to: Another "Science-tologist." He focuses on steady-state frequencies and disregards transients posted by John Marks on October 7, 2015 at 14:38:04:
There are definitely poor recordings that sound better after some of their "information" has been stripped. One way of doing this is to encode them into MP3 or another lossless format. Another way is to use psychoacoustic noise reduction software, such as that capable of removing tape hiss and related defects from music without changing the tonality of notes. (Example: iZotope RX noise reduction.)
There are tradeoffs involved. Some aspects of the recording are improved at the expense of other aspects. These conflicting tradeoffs do not exist if one starts with a good recording.
There are some really bad recordings that sound even better if they are simply switched off.
Tony Lauck
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- RE: Another "Science-tologist." He focuses on steady-state frequencies and disregards transients - Tony Lauck 10/7/1519:26:13 10/7/15 (6)
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- Nice musicv. I too am a fan of big band music . . - DRam 12:48:14 10/8/15 (0)
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