Hi All,
Would like to discuss the 'cymbal' effect in regards to digital audio......specifically in regards to digital audio......everything from MP3 format to hi-res formats like 96/24khz reproduction.
Lately, I've been listening to music via my Samsung Note II phone at night (Convenient and with variety!) via my higher end Grado headphones in MP3 format and I've noticed that the high frequency end of things (ie...cymbals) are what I can describe as 'dirty'. Being a musician I have heard cymbal's in many 'live' situations and the whole timbre and decay that happens live is missing in this digital format. It basically sounds like a 'dirty' crash with little or no decay.
Obviously in higher end formats like SACD or DVD audio, the cymbals sound more or less better with a certain amount of 'believe-ability' in their sound....timber and slow decay. The rest of the audio seems to sound remarkibly fine in MP3 otherwise though!.
I wonder why cymbal crashes seem to suffer in the lower end digital formats??.
Would like to discuss the 'cymbal' effect in regards to digital audio......specifically in regards to digital audio......everything from MP3 format to hi-res formats like 96/24khz reproduction.
Lately, I've been listening to music via my Samsung Note II phone at night (Convenient and with variety!) via my higher end Grado headphones in MP3 format and I've noticed that the high frequency end of things (ie...cymbals) are what I can describe as 'dirty'. Being a musician I have heard cymbal's in many 'live' situations and the whole timbre and decay that happens live is missing in this digital format. It basically sounds like a 'dirty' crash with little or no decay.
Obviously in higher end formats like SACD or DVD audio, the cymbals sound more or less better with a certain amount of 'believe-ability' in their sound....timber and slow decay. The rest of the audio seems to sound remarkibly fine in MP3 otherwise though!.
I wonder why cymbal crashes seem to suffer in the lower end digital formats??.
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