A child** of the 80s I recently decided to revisit Billy Idol’s Cradle of Love video.
A classic.
An interesting factoid came to the cosmic surface.
Factoid – fun.
It sounded more pleasing through the Youtube video.
Note: Engineer Derek Gauger (author of the Foreward to my book Riding the Waves) once tried to explain the sometimes painful audio experiences I had listening to digital – especially satellite music – was due to compression ratio.
When I listen to satellite radio I hear a high-pitched (awful/painful) squeal and any male singer sounds as if he’s wearing his Speedos too tight. Needless to say I’m not a fan.
Fiction V Nonfiction.
Though I’m working on a Dragon Core project I never miss the opportunity to learn.
Especially when it comes to EMF Sensitivity.
Something was niggling at the back of my mind.
An EMF something.
Donning a cherished Christmas gift
Headphones from Grado Labs.
I compared listening to the same song via Youtube video V Apple Music.
Apple doesn’t offer the music video which would have offered me an apples to – no pun intended – apples comparison.
Note: Every time I read “remastered” when searching for music I want to puke.
I cut my own casettes from album so don’t go there.
What I concluded is the Billy Idol video is far less painful – audially – than any remastered whatever.
I guarantee it has to do with that EMF context that gets caught up in the audio compression rate soup.
Conclusion
At this point? Doest it matter?*** What I do know is I won’t be downloading the mp3 anytime soon.
Given the video isn’t available for purchase I suppose I can play it in the background while working on Messenger of the Gods.
Audially? I bow to no one.
Not when it comes it listening quality.
** I was not a “child” then
*** Neil Young and his Pono project do.
Elizabeth Maxim 
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