No, I agree. I'm not exactly sure what is meant by clipping. But it still doesn't sound quite as I think it should. I compare it to a number of other favorite streams of mine, some at considerably less than 128K, and Minx just doesn't sound as bright and clear and full-bodied. I know it's hard to define those terms non-ostensively. but, I think most audiophiles out there will know what I'm talking about.
Blessed Be, Dana that's Dayna, D A N A, NOT Donna, D O N N A D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: dsleslie Web: ÞE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE Your Source for Discounted Ideas http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Alfaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 4:52 PM Subject: RE: An Announcement about a new Internet radio project Hi. Yes, it certainly is better now, but it still sounds over compressed to me. Although the highs are definitely better, it still sounds like it is on the borderline of clipping. Maybe this is subjective now and nothing on Jonathan's end. --Best regards, --Rick Alfaro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Skarstad Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:00 AM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Re: An Announcement about a new Internet radio project hi. Well, I dunno what the hell it was you did Jonathan, but it looks like the problem has been fixed! We have all kinds of high frequencies on the music now and it sounds a whole hell of a lot better than it did yesterday! Sincein the beginning it was just a synthesizer counting down numbers, it occurs to me that everything was probably just being sampled down to something like 11025 hertz, rather than 44.1. Well, whatever the case, it sounds great now! At 05:17 AM 2/15/2006, you wrote: >Jonathan, > >Just so long as you recognize that the problem is real, and that it's >not just at OUR end. > >I'll look forward to listening more, once the issue is resolved. > >Blessed Be, > >Dana >that's Dayna, D A N A, NOT Donna, D O N N A > >D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Skype: dsleslie >Web: ÞE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE >Your Source for Discounted Ideas >http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 6:06 AM >Subject: RE: An Announcement about a new Internet radio project > > >Hi Chris, as I have explained privately, what you and a few others are >hearing is not what most people are hearing. We're attempting to >isolate the problem so those of you with this problem can hear it in >the way that most are. > >The Minx plays all the great love songs. http://www.the-minx.com >Jonathan Mosen Blog, podcast and radio show: >http://www.MosenExplosion.com >Ph: +1-925-566-9265. >Mobile/SMS +1-806-252-6671 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Chris Skarstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, 15 February 2006 12:22 a.m. >To: PC audio discussion list. >Subject: Re: An Announcement about a new Internet radio project > > >Well yes it was, for AM radio, this is streaming audio which is a >completely different idea altogether. I used AM stereo as an analogy. >The Minx stream sounds very much like AM stereo and I'm sorry people, >a 128k mp3 stream should *not* sound like that. Please also understand >that I am not, in any way at all atempting to diminish the hard work >that has gone into putting this station together. Hey, putting an >internet stream together is no easy task. But when something sounds >bad, and I think it could sound better, I'm going to be completely >honest and at the same time, try to remain as constructive and >respectful as I can. I'll do all I can to try and help Jonathan work >out what the problem might be. From my perception here, it just sounds >as if all the high frequencies have been taken out of the music, so the >best answer i have for right now is to do whatever is needed to put all >the highs back in there. >That's really all I have. I'll continue to listen for further developments. > > > > > > >At 11:25 PM 2/14/2006, you wrote: > >Well when we had am stereo in our car around 1988, I thought the > >sound quality was quite good! > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Chris Skarstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > >Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 11:17 PM > >Subject: Re: An Announcement about a new Internet radio project > > > > > >It reminds me most of one of those AM stereo stations back in the > >late 1980's. It just does not sound like a 128k stream should sound, > >that's the main idea. > > > > > > > >At 09:52 PM 2/14/2006, you wrote: > > >There's definitely too much base, but \ can't be sure about too > > >little high end. But what's most annoying is the quality I called > > >fuzziness, and someone else described as scratchiness, in the vocal > > >frequencies. It reminds me most of a poorly modulated single side > > >band signal, not heterodyning, just >badly > > >modulated. I have no idea what that would correspond to in digital terms. > > >but that's what it sounds like to me. > > > > > >HTH > > > > > >Blessed Be, > > > > > >Dana > > >that's Dayna, D A N A, NOT Donna, D O N N A > > > > > >D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman > > >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Skype: dsleslie > > >Web: ÞE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE > > >Your Source for Discounted Ideas http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Chris Skarstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > > >Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 10:13 PM > > >Subject: Re: An Announcement about a new Internet radio project > > > > > > > > >hi. I've noticed the *exact* same thing, and I know of 2 or 3 other > > >people who have noticed it too. > > >It's as if there is absolutely no high end on the signal, like an > > >AM radio station might sound, or something like a 24k or 32k mp3 > > >stream may sound. I'm not in any way complaining about this as I > > >explained to Jonathan privately, but I wanted to confirm what Dana > > >is saying here. > > >It's like there's a whole lot of bass, but very little to no high > > >frequencies. Let's hope we can track it down very soon! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >At 09:05 PM 2/14/2006, you wrote: > > > >Jonathan, > > > > > > > >let me know if I can help in any way to identify the elusive > > > >variable. > > > > > > > >Like your playlist very much. Just can't stand to listen to the > > > >fuzziness for more than short spurts. > > > > > > > >Again, all the best, and hope you isolate and fix the problem > > > >soonest. > > > > > > > >Blessed Be, > > > > > > > >Dana > > > >that's Dayna, D A N A, NOT Donna, D O N N A > > > > > > > >D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman > > > >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Skype: dsleslie > > > >Web: ÞE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE > > > >Your Source for Discounted Ideas > > > >http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > > > >Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 9:51 PM > > > >Subject: RE: An Announcement about a new Internet radio project > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi Dana, on most systems it sounds great, but on a few, it doesn't. > > > >I don't yet know what the variable is, but we'll try and track it > > > >down. > > > > > > > >The Minx plays all the great love songs. http://www.the-minx.com > > > >Jonathan Mosen Blog, podcast and radio show: > > > >http://www.MosenExplosion.com > > > >Ph: +1-925-566-9265. > > > >Mobile/SMS +1-806-252-6671 > > > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > >From: Dana S. Leslie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Sent: Tuesday, 14 February 2006 8:28 p.m. > > > >To: PC audio discussion list. ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'The > > > >Accessible Phones Discussion List' > > > >Subject: Re: An Announcement about a new Internet radio project > > > > > > > > > > > >Jonathan, > > > > > > > >Just tuned in to the kick off party for the Minx. Thought I > > > >should let you know that BOTH your streams (Windows Media and > > > >MP3) have a very unlistenable > > > > > > > >fuzzy quality. If I had to guess, I'd say something needs > > > >adjusting in the digital modulation of the signal. That could be > > > >a totally off-base guess. But something in your signal quality > > > >definitely needs adjusting. > > > > > > > >Good luck with the Minx, and hope to hear you sounding much > > > >better in the very near future. > > > > > > > >Blessed Be, > > > > > > > >Dana > > > >that's Dayna, D A N A, NOT Donna, D O N N A > > > > > > > >D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman > > > >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Skype: dsleslie > > > >Web: ÞE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE > > > >Your Source for Discounted Ideas > > > >http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org>; > > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'The Accessible Phones Discussion > > > >List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 9:05 PM > > > >Subject: An Announcement about a new Internet radio project > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, this list is sponsored by MosenExplosion.com. Very > > > > > occasionally, I will send messages to this list about new > > > > > projects. These are extremely rare and of course you are > > > > > welcome to delete them. If you have any inquiries about this > > > > > message, feel free to write to me privately but not to the list. Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > The Minx, at http://www.the-minx.com, is a new Internet radio > > > > > station that launched at 8 PM US Central time on Tuesday > > > > > evening. The stream is a broad band 128 KBPS MP3 stream. While > > > > > many of my Internet radio projects have had a blindness focus, > > > > > this one is very much aimed at a general audience, including > > > > > all my blind friends and listeners of course! Of all the music > > > > > radio I've done on the Net, nothing has been more carefully > > > > > programmed. The Minx features a careful blend of music that > > > > > reflects all aspects of love. First love, passionate love, > > > > > unrequited love, love and marriage, love and divorce...you'll > > > > > love The Minx. > > > > > > > > > > Settle back and listen to loves songs from the country, soft > > > > > rock, R&B, easy listening and jazz genres in high fidelity > > > > > broad band stereo. > > > > > > > > > > It's the perfect companion to your work day, when your in the > > > > > office and regular terrestrial radio reception is difficult, > > > > > or when those pesky commercials and talk just get on your nerves. > > > > > > > > > > It's the perfect companion at home, when you're unwinding with > > > > > the one you love, or just thinking about them. > > > > > > > > > >>From the Board room to the bedroom, the Minx is your companion. > > > > > > > > > > There's something here for everyone from the starry eyed > > > > > dreamer to the crusty old cynic. > > > > > > > > > > We will still be taking donations, but there will be other > > > > > ways you can support us. One such way, already available, is > > > > > our very own Minx store, powered by Amazon.com. When you make > > > > > a purchase through The Minx Store, you get the benefits of > > > > > buying through Amazon, plus you help keep the Minx on the air. > > > > > > > > > > Please feel free to check out the site right now. Vote in our > > > > > poll and do leave a comment on the poll if you wish in order > > > > > to get the web site moving. We also have a comment line, and > > > > > if you would like to wish us luck so we have some > > > > > contributions to play on the air, we would love that. The > > > > > comment line number is 206-202-Minx. > > > > > > > > > > We're attempting some really innovative cross-promotion, where > > > > > we're giving free advertising time to any podcaster who > > > > > advertises the Minx on their podcast. 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