concorde1
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I've been a member at a certain forum largely to do with masters/releases of albums, for a few years now.
Some of the people there don't "believe" in measurements (ie science/engineering) for audio equipment. Possibly even some of the staff. I confess until only earlier this year I didn't "believe" in measurements.
But to me the place is a good resource for finding out what releases of albums are the best (ie low generation tapes, good EQ, etc).
I'm in two minds as to whether to continue using it, as the "main guy" there seems to be a proponent of "listen with your ears" not necessarily just for releases of albums but for audio in general (equipment) - it's just a feeling I get; however I have found the forum helpful for finding nice sounding albums. I don't see any alternative forums competing with it. On the other hand I'm just trusting largely subjective opinions about what album sounds best - sometimes it's backed up by "uses undamaged original master tape" or "has highest dynamic range" etc.
If I left that forum I would have to buy albums based on DR levels on the DR database - or just stream music. It seems to me I should remain a member there. What bothers me is the "main guy's" work can sound quite good to me, despite his possible views. It does tend to be low in dynamic range though, from what I have of it.
Some of the people there don't "believe" in measurements (ie science/engineering) for audio equipment. Possibly even some of the staff. I confess until only earlier this year I didn't "believe" in measurements.
But to me the place is a good resource for finding out what releases of albums are the best (ie low generation tapes, good EQ, etc).
I'm in two minds as to whether to continue using it, as the "main guy" there seems to be a proponent of "listen with your ears" not necessarily just for releases of albums but for audio in general (equipment) - it's just a feeling I get; however I have found the forum helpful for finding nice sounding albums. I don't see any alternative forums competing with it. On the other hand I'm just trusting largely subjective opinions about what album sounds best - sometimes it's backed up by "uses undamaged original master tape" or "has highest dynamic range" etc.
If I left that forum I would have to buy albums based on DR levels on the DR database - or just stream music. It seems to me I should remain a member there. What bothers me is the "main guy's" work can sound quite good to me, despite his possible views. It does tend to be low in dynamic range though, from what I have of it.