i'd like touch on the topic "cd pressings"

[Guest joi-ful]

My cans may not be good enough. Btw I EQ my music so distortions may be added.

 

In the case where errors are amplified by the cans then it's the source fault liao...

[scanfiend 0]

This is most enlightening. CD being a digital medium, should all sound the same, since it's bit for bit accurate. What you're saying is the sound for the same album varies by country of origin. Now I know why some Japanese albums are so much more expensive than the "regular" ones. The costs go toward the remastering process, I would assume?

 

Incidentally, there are some CD's that sound really terrible.....I recently listened to Madonna's "Confessions of a dance floor" album. Man, the highs on the song "Hung Up" were so harsh that it made me wince and gave me a headache. Does anyone have the same impression I have?

[Mackie 0]

This is most enlightening. CD being a digital medium, should all sound the same, since it's bit for bit accurate. .......

 

 

Don't forget the digital bit 1 and 0 are converted to analogue signal and thus, the resultant sound will vary.

[stussyking 0]

so if u were to rate the different countries and their pressing quality ?

 

that would mean ..

1. west germany

2. japan

3. us

4. any others

 

is that rite ?

[aaron-xp 0]

^ I would say that that is a decent generalization, though some would argue that Japan is still the best.

 

This really boils down to personal choice though, audio stuff is really subjective.

[scanfiend 0]

This thread has motivated me to hit the web for more information - ain't the Internet grand? It'll take me months to dig up all these info at a regular library, if at all All in all, I found it most enlightening. I hope fellow forumers will find it useful:

 

Rip Rowan: Over The Limit http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/...6256C2E005DAF1C

 

The Death of Dynamic Range: http://www.cdmasteringservices.com/dynamicdeath.htm

 

What Happened To Dynamic Range? http://www.cdmasteringservices.com/dynamicrange.htm

 

Imperfect Sound Forever: http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/wee...und-forever.htm

 

The Loudness War: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war

[stussyking 0]

awesome.. i was thinking of generating a faq abt cd vs md vs sacd vs dvd-audio n stuff.

anybody interested ?

[aaron-xp 0]

^ Me, definitely...

[Jeremy 0]

So far, Japanese CD pressing never disappoint me. U really can notice a great difference in term of everything. I think they are very good & that's why its expensive.