AudioAficionado.org  

Go Back   AudioAficionado.org > The Lounge > General Audio Discussion
Reload this Page The Ghost In The MP3
Register FAQDonate Calendar

General Audio Discussion All other Audio Q & A

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 02-19-2015, 07:37 PM
beowulf's Avatar
beowulf beowulf is offline
Member
  
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: San Diego
Posts: 394
Default The Ghost In The MP3
I found this really interesting. It’s a song made with only the sounds that were left out when compressing Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner” to mp3.

Stop and listen to this for a few minutes and we find out why MP3 sounds so "tin can" like when compared to another lossless format such as FLAC or AIFF.

The Ghost In The MP3
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 02-19-2015, 07:41 PM
beowulf's Avatar
beowulf beowulf is offline
Member
  
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: San Diego
Posts: 394
Default
More about the capturing process here: The Ghost in the MP3

White Paper Here: http://ryanmaguiremusic.com/media_fi...eGhostICMC.pdf
Last edited by beowulf; 02-19-2015 at 07:44 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 02-19-2015, 10:53 PM
rns's Avatar
rns rns is offline
Senior Member
  
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 219
Default
very interesting, thanks for sharing. strange to think all of that gets ripped out of the original song.
__________________
ryan

[MacBook with Audirvana+ -- WW Plat USB -- W4S DAC2 -- WW Silver IC -- C2300 NOS Telefunken blue tips -- WW Silver IC -- Mc252 -- 803S] + [dual Fathom F113 v2] + [WW Silver PC's]
Long term goals, one piece at a time
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 02-20-2015, 06:54 AM
antipop's Avatar
antipop antipop is offline
Member
  
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 4,029
Default
Impressive ! I wouldn't have guessed that the compression would remove so much of her voice which represent the main part of this song.
It would be interesting to see the result with other genre of songs (jazz, rock, classical,..)
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 02-20-2015, 07:01 PM
bart's Avatar
bart bart is offline
Life is beautiful
  
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Belgium
Posts: 19,867
Default
Wow!
Even on my small computer speakers, I can hear that a lot of details in the sound are thrown overboard here...
Thank you for sharing!
__________________
Stereo: Hegel H590, Grimm Audio MU1, Mola Mola Tambaqui, Burmester 948 - V3 & V6 racks, Vivid Audio G2 Giyas, REL Carbon Special (pair), Silent Angel Bonn N8 Ethernet Switch & Forester F1, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse IC and SE SC, Furutech Digiflux
AV: Hegel C-53, Marantz AV8802A, Oppo BDP-203EU, Pioneer Kuro 60", Vivid Audio C1 & V1w's, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse, SE & E
Second system (veranda): Halgorythme preamp and monoblocks, Burmester 061, Avalon Avatar, Sharkwire & Wireworld cables
Reply With Quote
Reply

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Audioaficionado.org tested by Norton Internet Security

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 04:24 AM.

AudioAficionado.org - Archive - Top


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.10
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
©Copyright 2009-2023 AudioAficionado.org.Privately owned, All Rights Reserved.
Audio Aficionado Sponsors
AudioAficionado Subscriber
AudioAficionado Subscriber
Inspire By Dennis Had
Inspire By Dennis Had
Harmonic Resolution Systems
Harmonic Resolution Systems
Wyred4Sound
Wyred4Sound
Dragonfire Acoustics
Dragonfire Acoustics
GIK Acoustics
GIK Acoustics
Esoteric
Esoteric
AC Infinity
AC Infinity
JL Audio
JL Audio
Add Powr
Add Powr
Accuphase - Soulution
Accuphase - Soulution
Audio by E
Audio by E
Canton
Canton
Bryston
Bryston
WireWorld Cables
WireWorld Cables
Stillpoints
Stillpoints
Bricasti Design
Bricasti Design
Furutech
Furutech
Shunyata Research
Shunyata Research
Legend Audio & Video
Legend Audio & Video