Re: DRM at 23 kbps

Sean Inglis wrote:
On Wed, 23 May 2007 21:03:58 +0000, Richard Evans wrote:

seani wrote:
On 23 May, 15:20, Richard Evans <R.P.Evans.NoS...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sean Inglis wrote:
The code is displayed on the download page next to the box where you type
it.
Thanks.
Got it now :)

Or bearing in mind the way it actually sounds, should that be
Got it now :(

If that is what he calls good quality, I wouldn't like to hear something
he considers bad.


It's all subjective though, and dependent on context. I'd happily
listen to that in the garden or doing a bit of wallpapering, or
whatever.
Well I find that hard to believe.

Meaning what? That you don't believe it's my genuine opinion, and I'm
saying it to be contrary?

Meaning I find it hard to believe that people can enjoy listening to something when the sound quality is that poor. I wasn't trying to be nasty of critical, I simply genuinely find it hard to believe.


Sorry but I find that recording sounded absolutely dire.


You know that particular final sentence is structured in an irritating,
affected and regrettably familiar way.

Sorry if you read it that way, it was not meant that way. I just find it genuinely bemusing that music that sounds like that can be considered acceptable.

It doesn't work for him, and it
doesn't work for you.

I'm not having a pop particularly, it's just a shame this "infection"
seems to have taken hold.

Well it was not something that I caught of of anybody, I have always fond it bemusing that digital radio is broadcast at such low quality, but I generally try to make an effort to be polite about it, and to consider that other people might find it acceptable.

However, keeping an open mind about UK DAB quality is hard enough, and hearing that DRM sample, I find it just seem to be stretching the point too far. I really can not consider music to be OK when it sounds like that, and I find it very hard to imagine anybody actually enjoying listening to it.

Richard E.
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