The Petra Zone

Well as far as I can remember Jesus said that if you only love your friends and not your enemies you are only doing what the rest of the world is doing. And even far beyond any theological discussion it does not appear very fruitful with that kind of anger. "Time for them to get theirs. Hell is too ...

I've never heard John Schlitt voice any oppinion on or against U2 but would be very interested to hear it.

Wasn't able to find much by doing some google-searches.

I don't know much about what went on on a personal level. But I feel quite sure that Schlitt should have listened to the ideas about other musical directions. Given Petra's history after No Doubt I think it's hard to claim that Schlitt's ideas were very succesful. Put in rough terms it was a choice ...

Releasing Classic Petra on vinyl might be a good idea. Vinyl is getting more and more popular. A lot of people feel that they really get what they pay for when buying vinyl because they are big, pictures are big, and in almost every way they differ from digital products. So vinyl sells quite well. S...

I think it's a good thing that they take care of their fans. Instead of just cancelling and disappointing a lot of people, they do their best to make people happy. No need to see that as a problem.

Well I heard them live too, and I also got impressed by it. But that does not necessarily mean that it would be as impressive if you heard a recorded version of it. In a live situation there's a lot of things going on and it's hard to focus on details, and the show and the energy just keeps everythi...

I've got a theory on this. The so called Dream Team was hugely successful so there's no doubt there would have been an interest for a live concert with those guys. However one of the reasons for their success was that the sound was very “in” at that time (now it sounds almost hopelessly dated in my ...

You're right about the fact that it means "digital to analog". And your also right about the fact that anything handling digital music contains a Dac (if it didn't there'd be no sound). The external DACs can usually convert to a better or much better quality than a typical soundcard. Calling it an e...

If anyone wants better sound from their computers, you could try with a so called DAC (digital audio converter). So what is that? To put it short (and perhaps not too well explained) it's a sort of external soundcard that takes care of the sound from you PC. You connect it through USB or optical or ...

MP3's stink. The only reason I tolerate them is because of the convenience and there is no way I can afford to pay for every physical cd. emusic is cheap mp3's but they are at least legit and not illegal. Comparing a clean cd from the master to an mp3 is absurd. It's kinda like when someone tells m...

If Exe can hear a difference between flac and CD then this difference is surely due to some other factor than a difference in quality. Flac files are of the exact same quality as the CD. They are lossless, so there is no difference if everything is setup correctly. So there has got to be some factor...

Well I agree with you, Exe, on your idea that people should listen to what they like, no matter if it's mp3 or CD. No doubt about that. I just find this subject interesting. To some extent I think it's an example of how people use their eyes instead of their ears when they listen to music. You need ...

It seems that Brent and Exe are going to chicken out. Lots of excuses, but it all comes down to the fact that the test takes less than a minute and they both claim you can easily hear the difference. It seems it's not that easy... 8) Being very certain about anything (in this case the difference bet...

It takes less than a minute to take the test, and if the difference is obvious, you wont need to spend time analysing.
50 % distortion should be quite easy to recognise.

I find it funny that neither Brent nor exectioner have given Boray an answer to the question that he asked in his listening test. Which is the mp3 and which is the flac? They both claim that the difference is very evident, but they don't want to take the risk of being wrong, so it seems it's not tha...