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Re: 5-year-old audiophile



This is awesome! I think all windbag discussions on this list about tonal 
quality should be settled the same way!

-gern

>Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 11:19:53 -0500
>From: "Jeff House" <whocasa@hotmail.com>
>Subject: 5 year old audiophile
>
>I've been conducting a little experiment with my 5-year-old.  We have been
>listening to 3 different versions of her favorite Who song:  "Boris the
>Spider".  She is not going to jump in to defend her observations since she
>cannot read or type.
>
>The 3 competing versions are from the Max R&B box set, Blues to the Bush 
>and
>BBC Sessions.
>
>Overall, she prefers the BBC Sessions version but stuck her fingers in her
>ears when the volume of the cymbal crashes annoyed her.  I assume she is
>unhappy with the mastering.  This problem was rectified by turning down the
>treble and the volume.
>
>The BTTB version is her least favorite.  She called it "loud".  I sensed 
>she
>was unhappy with John's vocal as well as the hard sound quality.
>
>The Max R&B version is in the middle, but she thinks John sounds like he is
>holding his nose while singing.
>
>So I guess BBC gets thumbs up because of the superior performance.
>
>There you have it.
>
>Jeff