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Jonathan Berger, Professor of Music at Stanford University in California, has conducted an eight-year study in which students have rated various audio formats while listening to the same song.

The Professor found that, increasingly, the preference was for MP3 encoded songs, with students consistently failing to detect any loss in audio quality normally associated with compressed digital music. Indeed, the digitising process leaves music with a metallic sound or 'sizzle' that young people in particular seem to prefer.

This preference for MP3 music, as well as the convenience of the associated delivery systems, has seen some producers mixing music specifically for MP3 delivery, but this does not sit well with some.

Producer Stephen street, who's worked with the likes of The smiths, Blur and Kaiser Chiefs is just one voice amongst many in the industry who aren't happy with the trend."What you are hearing is that everything is being squared off and is losing that level of depth and clarity. I'd hate to think that anything I'd slaved over in the studio is only going to be listened to on a bloody iPod."

Source: Alternative Addiction

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