Fw: [review] More on MP3

 

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From: Adaven

To: adaven@adaven.net

Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 9:53 PM

Subject: [review] More on MP3

It occurred to me while reading an article about hearing loss among IPod users that the medium may be the malice. Audiologist are concerned about a increase in hearing loss in younger people. They think the personal music machines we use could be a factor.
It makes sense. Several hour's a day with ear buds blasting away is like being on a flight deck to our ears. Too high sound levels will cause ear damage. Take it from a rock musician. I don't hear so well in noisy places, conversation is hard to follow, and I'm sure it is from all that time playing rock clubs.
As I sit listing to Itunes Radio, when a good tune comes on, something with good production, I want to hear it right so I press the headphones tight or turn up the level. The good stuff is hard to hear.
Well I return to my idea that the problem is missing music. MP3 compresses the sound and the little nuance that producers spend so much time on get shrunk and hard to pick up. So what do we do? We turn up the volume cause were trying to hear.
Even at 128kb, internet radio is no match for CD or WAV. The sound is good but somehow incomplete, and our ears know the difference, so we turn it up to try to compensate, and it is going to make us deaf.
Analog, I miss you so!
Adaven

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Posted by Adaven to review at 9/18/2006 09:24:00 PM