[vorbis] Format comparison

[jeff at relgyro.Stanford.EDU]

joel at school.net writes:

>    So how about this? Who is recording in >2 channels?
>
>    Neil Young may be-- he has been in the news recently for
>    advocating DVD multichannel music, especially for recording
>    live shows and playing them on home theater systems with
>    surround sound, bass booster, rear speakers, etc.
>
>    Maybe he could be a great advocate for Vorbis?

About a year ago, I heard an interview with Neil Young (who lives in
Woodside, just north of Silicon Valley) on a local radio station (KFOG),

during he was asked for his thoughts about the MP3 phenomenon
and digital music in general. His answer -- which he repeated over
and over again -- was essentially that MP3 sucked, because the
quality degradation was instantly audible and totally unacceptable.
Curiously, he said nothing at all about bitrates, various encoders,
or any other relevant technical details, even though he had plenty
of opportunity to do so.

I remember thinking that for someone whose ears are probably
somewhat trashed from playing on stages for ~30 years (unless
he was absolutely meticulous from day one about hearing protection,
I'd be willing to bet he has at least some tinnitus in both ears), that
was an awfully curious position to take. After some thought it seemed
likely that he was simply being disingenuous, since someone from his
record label probably convinced him that unless he started shouting
"MP3 is bad! MP3 is inferior! MP3 sucks" from the rooftops at every
opportunity, his record sales could suffer.

I'd hope he isn't that naive, but it certainly appeared that way to me
from the interview.

-Ferris

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