Playground for practical listening exercises

[lejonklou]

Here's the next step in my support journey, do you prefer A or C? Don't forget to change the quality to HD before playing.

A: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9jc6n7kssn1ch ... A.mov?dl=0
C: https://www.dropbox.com/s/e5mnksflt3zfj ... C.mov?dl=0

I’m unsure of what setting you mean. The HD video recommendation I interpreted as referring to when recording.

Anyway, I find there’s interplay in C but not so much in A. So I choose C.

[tokenbrit]

Si: C

[Charlie1]

I like them both. A seems slightly more refined and C more alive. I think I'd go with C as well though.

[tokenbrit]

I like them both. A seems slightly more refined and B more alive. I think I'd go with C as well though.

B is dead. A killed it. C just took revenge =:D

[Charlie1]

Corrected my earlier post - hopefully it makes more sense now.

[tpetsch]

Can argue that C sounds better while A is more in tune. So A for me,

[ThomasOK]

I thought they both were good initially. But after listening to C and going back to A I found it just wasn't as together. I find C more musical and it has more going on.

[Spannko]

C makes no sense to me. With my weird ears, I can only hear lots of sounds which don’t sound particularly well related to one another. A is my preference.

[Matteo]

To my ears A seems slightly more musical

M.

[Tendaberry]

I just discovered that the size of the C-file is 3 times bigger... Haven't changed any settings since recording A though, weird.

[Charlie1]

Maybe the TV being on, under the blanket? More data.

[lejonklou]

I'd like to share two clips with you from a series of comparisons I did this evening.

If you can hear any difference between these two, or perhaps even better; help me decide which one is most musical, then I'll tell you a story that will make your balls shrink to the size of raisins. (quoting Spike in Notting Hill)

997:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wpeftvshwg6zqhq/997.MOV?dl=0

998:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/p7jkm6x9hkosyi3/998.MOV?dl=0

[Charlie1]

That sounds superb.

I can't really hear any difference but if you put a gun to my head I'd pick 998 but can't say why other than it feels a bit freer.

[beck]

I like 998. :-)

[markiteight]

The edges of notes seem more sharply defined in 998. Although I'm not convinced that makes for a better clip, I do feel like I'm drawn into the music a bit more on 998, so that's my pick.

But I don't want balls the size of raisins, so maybe it's safer to just say I don't hear a difference. ;-)

[jewa]

998 feels uplifting and more in tune, 997 is a bit depressing.

[fatjulio]

998 for sure. More swing and swagger. 997 is stiff and stifled.

[matthias]

997 is like Qobuz, 998 like Spotify

I prefer 998

Edit: Considering the "balls":
Maybe 997 is Spotify streaming quality "very high" and 998 is only "high" ???

[tpetsch]

Agreed, 998 seems to have the edge in the refinement Dept.

[tokenbrit]

Initially 8 felt more approachable but, after going back & forth (more than) a few times, 7 came across as more fun.

7 beat & vocals; 8 flow & tone. If the song is meant to be upbeat then 7 - that's what spoke to me. If it's meant to be more soulful then 8...

They give different insight into the song - with it grey & wet outside, I like the snap of 7, but spoilt for choice between the two.

[Pedro]

I also prefer 998.

[ThomasOK]

I'm for 998. Guitar sounds like a better instrument, voice has more "throat" to it and they all seem to be playing together better. If you need to shrink something I'd prefer my prostate! :-D

[springwood64]

997:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wpeftvshwg6zqhq/997.MOV?dl=0

998:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/p7jkm6x9hkosyi3/998.MOV?dl=0

Maybe its the ringing in my ears from last night's concert (those old guys can still rock) but this one is too hard for me

[anthony]

998

[Tendaberry]

998 slightly edges ahead. This reminds me of the fact, that I'm still missing this Bobby Womack album :-(