Comments on: Mediocre music and the mainstream market

By: Vito Cassisi

Vito Cassisi — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:35:54 +0000

I agree that it’s “good enough”, however there are some aspects which are truly saddening. MP3 may have distortion, but I generally don’t have an issue with it. Sure, it’s not the best quality, but for most people the difference is negligible. It’s the dynamic compression that’s irritating, particularly since it has ruined the lossless end of the market too. That, and because it doesn’t have any positive attributes whatsoever. It’s silly.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:25:49 +0000

Yeah, nice article. But I heard an interesting argument last year that looked at the other side of the coin – the term they used was “Good Enough Technology” and I think whoever was behind that made lots of valid points as well. I Googled it and found this Wired article : http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/magazine/17-09/ff_goodenough?currentPage=all

By: Vito Cassisi

Vito Cassisi — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:33:39 +0000

Thanks Ycros, I’ll add that to the article. :)

By: Ycros

Ycros — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:12:55 +0000

TT DR Offline Meter http://www.dynamicrange.de/sites/default/files/file/TT-DR-Install.exe is the tool that’s used to create all the measurements for the Dynamic Range Database.