iPod and gratuitous editing

[ramseytheii]

I've never had a great sound system to listen to CDs, so when I got an iPod with good headphones, I was surprised to hear - I think - the editing in a lot of great CDs.  Has anyone else experienced this, or am I imagining it?

For instance, in Loriod's Vingt Regards, it sounds like it has been edited to hell.  There is a lot of clipped moments which sound like different takes.  I just heard - I think - a bit of editing in the Serkin/Rostropovich Brahms cello sonatas.

I'm not totally sure, but it is slightly distracting.  Can anyone else confirm hearing this?

Walter Ramsey

[ihatepop]

Do you use headphones? Well don't. They damage your ear. (talk about off topic)

I'm not too sure about this, because I don't have an ipod, and I don't really care. But maybe that ipod is faulty?

ihatepop

[shoenberg3]

Do you use headphones? Well don't. They damage your ear. (talk about off topic)

I'm not too sure about this, because I don't have an ipod, and I don't really care. But maybe that ipod is faulty?

ihatepop

Headphones don't damage your ear.... As long as your volume is below 80dB, it can't damage your ear at all.

 What headphone do you use ramseytheii? For sure, you will get much better fidelity through headphones than through speakers (at the same price of equipment. if you are going to get speaker system that cost 100000+, then no headphone system can beat it)
This is why you may notice clicks and noise that you haven't noticed before.

 Ipod isn't really great of a sound source though. Connect your headphone directly to your CD player for the best possible combination.

[arensky]

I too began to notice splices after I began listening with an Ipod. Started a thread about it awhile back.

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,18902.msg204696.html#msg204696