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Aaron Cake · 07-16-2001, 11:55 AM

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Originally posted by Falcon62Travis:
<STRONG>Taken from the article:
"On MP3Pro, I could hear the valves closing on the clarinet and the bassoon," said Peter Hubscher, a rock guitarist. "I couldn't on Vorbis."
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Oh man, that's funny

. As a clarinet player, I can tell you that even with the instrument sticking out of your mouth, there is NO WAY you can hear the valves opening and closing.

But the really sad thing is that most people would believe this. They lack the critical thinking skills to figure out the BS level of this stuff.

07-16-2001, 11:55 AM	#6
Aaron Cake Retired Admin Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,465	Quote: Originally posted by Falcon62Travis: <STRONG>Taken from the article: "On MP3Pro, I could hear the valves closing on the clarinet and the bassoon," said Peter Hubscher, a rock guitarist. "I couldn't on Vorbis." </STRONG> Oh man, that's funny . As a clarinet player, I can tell you that even with the instrument sticking out of your mouth, there is NO WAY you can hear the valves opening and closing. But the really sad thing is that most people would believe this. They lack the critical thinking skills to figure out the BS level of this stuff. __________________ Player: Pentium 166MMX, Amptron 598LMR MB w/onboard Sound, Video, LAN, 10.2 Gig Fujitsu Laptop HD, Arise 865 DC-DC Converter, Lexan Case, Custom Software w/Voice Interface, MS Access Based Playlists Car: 1986 Mazda RX-7 Turbo (highly modded), 1978 RX-7 Beater (Dead, parting out), 2001 Honda Insight "If one more body-kitted, cut-spring-lowered, farty-exhausted Civic revs on me at an intersection, I swear I'm going to get out of my car and cram their ridiculous double-decker aluminium wing firmly up their rump."