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Rockbox Audio Quality versus Original Firmware (RMAA comparison)
Febs:
Actually, never mind. These are futile questions and exactly the type of debate that I did not want to get into.
Omendevolitz, what do you use as your "reference" files?
Do you use Foobar?
omendelovitz:
imaging is the dynamics of spatial location - the 3-D'ness of audio; depending on your system, you may be able to 'follow' the music around in your head and pinpoint an instrument's virtual location, or a progression b/w channels as a particular sound moves 'through' its audio field.
Using a headphone example - assume imaginary horizontal lines are extending in 3 directions from the centre of your head. Label them x,y,z arbitrarily. A well recorded (engineered) musical piece will 'locate' a sound in a certain location (e.g. - left 3 on the x, -5 on the y and -3 on the z axes) rather than placing it all right up 'against' your ear. Think of watching real life vs. television or imax v/s the movies. TV and regular movies are flatter. Hope this helps.
omendelovitz:
my reference files are songs that I know well that have been recorded well enough to notice 'placement' of insturments, etc. Some are in ALAC, others in AAC 320 or Lame 320.
I understand you not wanting to delve too deeply into this on this forum/thread. These 'conversations' are better left to head-fi, etc.
Febs:
What are the actual songs that you use as reference songs?
omendelovitz:
Here you go:
The Be Good Tanyas - The Littlest Birds
Django Reinhardt - Minor Swing
Chris de Burgh - Spanish Train
Dave Matthews Band - The Dreaming Tree
Dave Matthews Band - Listener Supported
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
Dixie Chicks - Landslide
Earth, Wind & Fire - September
Genesis - Jesus He Knows Me
George Michael - Fastlove
Goo Goo Dolls - Slide
Various Artists, Santaolallia Gustavo - De Usuahia A La Quiaca
Heart - Crazy On You
Heart - 15-Back to Avalon
James Taylor - Carolina In My Mind
The La's - There She Goes
Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
Paul Simon - Crazy Love. Vol 2
Phil Collins - Easy Lover
Phil Collins - Something Happened on the Way to Heaven
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground
Rush - 21 - 2 Overture - The Temples Of Syrinx
Rush - The Spirit Of Radio
Sloan - Delivering Maybes
Sloan - The Other Man
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Smiths - This Charming Man
STYX - Mr. Roboto
The Tea Party - The Badger
The Tea Party - Shadows On The Mountainside
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Whatever I Fear
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Nanci
Van Halen - Hot For Teacher
Dave Matthews - So Damn Lucky
Dave Matthews - Trouble
Dave Matthews Band - Stay (Wasting Time)
Pat Metheny - Sisters
Pat Metheny - New Chautauqua
Pat Metheny Group - James
Pat Metheny - Above the Treetops
Pat Metheny - Facing West
Pat Metheny - See the World
Pat Metheny Group - Part 1
Dave Matthews Band - Say Goodbye
Dave Matthews Band - Tripping Billies
Dave Matthews Band - The Stone
Phil Collins - I Cannot Believe It's True
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
Dead Can Dance - American Dreaming
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