[quote quote="random1234567890":1drl6uwr][quote quote="anisina":1drl6uwr]Research shows
Persons under the age of 25 prefer mp3 for listening. Mainly due to cutting the top frequencies.
Persons around the age of 50 and above prefer analogue. Vinyl and Tape.
Anybody between the ages of 25-50 is more likely to choose optical medium.[/quote:1drl6uwr]
Interesting…
I can’t imagine that anyone would still listen to tape. I know people still use them to record things (like speaking exams/lectures and the like) but I wonder why you’d still use tape when you can just get a digital dictaphone which is so much better and much more reliable.
But I think there are more people in the under 25s who are getting more interested in older formats like Vinyl and are curious about them. Of course, they’ll always chose CD or MP3 over it, but maybe once they get older they’ll have more money and buy them 
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The main reason why the over 50’s prefer analogue is because it is mechanical. The vast majority lost their ability to hear the over 16kHz area some time ago, and many over the age of 50 have never experienced reproductive media over 16kHz. Therefore, they don’t miss what they have never heard. Likewise, many over 50’s have never heard the low frequencies replicated in the way the younger generation do today.
Age related hearing degeneration versus technological advances of equipment, and production, produces complaints of to much ‘boom boom’ amongst the older generation.
[quote quote="djrascall":1drl6uwr][quote quote="anisina":1drl6uwr]Other – as in DVD-A. Failing that, it’s CDA.
Research shows
Persons under the age of 25 prefer mp3 for listening. Mainly due to cutting the top frequencies.
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when you compress an audio file into an mp3 format it actually compresses all the unused frequencies not just the top end (you probably meant that but just in just some people dont know that are reading this i thought that it might help them) 
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Yeah, that’s what I meant. 
Digital and numbers 1 and 0. Kind of an ultra FFT reduction method for digital.
and one of the first things done during vinyl mastering is that anything above 20khz and below 20hz get cut off as they are frequencies beyond human hearing as a rule. plus with the lower end why create needle woble which may force the needle jumping when you cant even hear it
Could not agree more. A lot of the headroom in a mix is taken up by the lower frequencies. Depending on the mix content, I prefer to cut off the bottom as close to it’s relative lowest relative root note as possible. For eg. If it’s 32Hz then I place a 36dB cut slightly below 32Hz (31Hz) with a very low shelving boost (with a suitable Q) at an harmonic 5th or 7th just above, just to allow the bottom to show it’s head slightly.
As for the top end, it’s all ear, spectrum, and FFT judgement. Usually a shelf that has a 6-18dB reduction from 16kHz. I always put a 36dB reduction at 20kHz. Young children, and youths, are really sensitive to this area, so it requires a lot of thought when air is needed. I use a 19kHz sine wave to keep my daughter and the brats next door in check. Darn kids.
oh .. VINYL IS STILL THE BEST SOUNDING FINISHED FORMAT JUST PURELY FOR THE WARMTH THAT DIGITALMUSIC IS YET STILL TO RECREATE !
Can’t argue with the bold. And below contains an example of why, also in bold.
Would you really know the difference in a blind test? Respected Audiophiles have been duped in blind tests, where the purpose has been to show that Digital media is not cold. They concluded that the fault is in the transfer of information. For instance, low quality DAC’s performed very poorly, in comparison to high quality DAC’s, and are the main cause of the ‘coldness’.
In 30 years time, we will be complaining of how music has no air.#
Good posts by the way. Not often seen around here these days. 
