Digital BW, The Print

What's a golden ears argument and what is the word's most prestigious audio
society? There must be a golden eyes argument also I would think to get back
to photography.       bgs
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From: <sstormb@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Pumping up the saturation


> You guys crack me up. You just enjoy the debate. Please remember the
original
> comparison was with regard to CD standards, not digital audio recording.
The
> latter is far better today that when the CD standard was set.
Unfortunately
> you are still listening to commercial CDs not optimal digital audio
> recordings that would be great if only a commercial CD were up to it.
>
> So getting back to photography try this one. Take a 4x5 negative and send
it
> over the WEB reformatted as a GIF file = today's digital audio
capabilities
> but made available on a CD.
>
> Also be wary of the golden ears arguments. They have been around for
ever -
> mainly because they are so self-aggrandizing, impossible to validate and
> dumb. The world's most prestigious audio society actually tried to
establish
> a standards committee to deal with that issue. Guess what - no one could
> agree on any objective way to deal with it. Bias is well and thriving.
>
> Bill
>
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