[BC] Could our concept of audio be all wrong?

[JIM GRAHAM]

OK, one more wife story.  A number of years ago, programming-type people used to come to our place and talk about a station with "perfect" audio processing.  My wife and I happened to visit the city in which the "perfect processing" station was located (not for that reason).  I was curious and turned it on.  After only a few minutes she said, "Please turn that off.  I can't stand any more of that."  And she likes that style of music.

Jim Graham

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--- On Thu, 3/12/09, Larry Bloomfield <Larry at Tech-Notes.TV> wrote:

From: Larry Bloomfield <Larry at Tech-Notes.TV>

Speaking of wives ----  Several years ago, the good folks at Dorrough gave me a
pare of their loudness meters. I hooked them up to my home entertainment
system/theater. My lovely wife of nearly 45 years queried: "What are they
for?" I told her that in my system, not much, but they sure look nice. I
also explained how they show the observer both peak and average levels, which is
more than a volume indicator shows in VU. I also explained that the smaller the
distance is between the peak and the average, the more compressed the audio is.
Now this is a lady who is technophobic and could careless how anything
electronic works, just as long as I bring home a paycheck. Several years later
while watching and listening to a particularly obnoxiously  loud commercial, out
of a clear blue sky, she looked over at me and say: "O my God is that
compressed!"

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