Listen to this rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow

[darkswordsman17]

http://www.fimpression.com/detail.aspx?ID=57

Right click the little play button next to the song and save it (it doesn't load correctly for me if you just normal click it).

Ok, listen to it (its a full song, although you don't need to listen to the whole thing). What's your opinion of it (more from a sound quality viewpoint)?

I'm kinda curious about something, which I'll reveal after getting a some opinions.

 

[manlymatt83]

I don't like it. Too slow. I love that song too.

 

[HN]

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[hypn0tik]

Agreed. Way to slow.

 

[mundane]

Didn't care for it, but that's just personal taste. I didn't notice anything stand out about the sound quality.

->favorite Somewhere over the rainbow version

 

[ognabor]

aside from being fatally boring...

nothing noteworthy.

 

[Mr Incognito]

Originally posted by: mundane
Didn't care for it, but that's just personal taste. I didn't notice anything stand out about the sound quality.

->favorite Somewhere over the rainbow version

Amen, my friend is from HI and he was you have to listen to this song/artist. Too bad he passed away.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Mr Incognito

Originally posted by: mundane
Didn't care for it, but that's just personal taste. I didn't notice anything stand out about the sound quality.

->favorite Somewhere over the rainbow version

Amen, my friend is from HI and he was you have to listen to this song/artist. Too bad he passed away.

that is the greatest version of a song ever. makes me all misty when I hear it.

 

[mwmorph]

I think the wma was 32kbps so it sounded good for the crappy bitrate.

 

[paulxcook]

Sound quality was decent. Version was way too slow and plodding, it was too easy to get lost.


It was a bit "indulgent".

</cowell>

 

[johnjohn320]

I enjoyed it. Nice dialog between bass and soloist. Cozy, warm timbre on the sax. :thumbsup: I'm not Mr. Smooth Jazz, but I dug it for what it was.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Originally posted by: mwmorph
I think the wma was 32kbps so it sounded good for the crappy bitrate.

Yeah, pretty much was my point. That's got to be what ~56kbps MP3 quality (its also at 33 instead of 44.1 like most music). The company focuses on well done masters. They have a couple of demo CDs that should be good (24bit/96 or better provided you have a CD player that can resolve that). Too bad more people aren't focused on doing good masters, as thats really the most important step, and we wouldn't have to debate the merits of vinyl versus CD, we'd be too busy just enjoying the music.

I enjoyed it. Nice dialog between bass and soloist. Cozy, warm timbre on the sax. I'm not Mr. Smooth Jazz, but I dug it for what it was.

Someone in the thread at Head-Fi where I found out about the company made a quip about all the high quality stuff is a bunch of boring jazz.

Also, I recommend checking out some of the other samples they have (that was the lowest quality one I found as far as bitrate and sample rate. As you can imagine the cost of actually buying one of their discs is fairly high, but hey, if you're an audiophile with good equipment it doesn't make sense to keep giving it low quality crap to work with. I think its kinda a case where people would listen to it just because of the high quality (like HDTV).

 

[KB]

Here is my favorite version of the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUwTdqPkluY

 

[BKLounger]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: Mr Incognito

Originally posted by: mundane
Didn't care for it, but that's just personal taste. I didn't notice anything stand out about the sound quality.

->favorite Somewhere over the rainbow version

Amen, my friend is from HI and he was you have to listen to this song/artist. Too bad he passed away.

that is the greatest version of a song ever. makes me all misty when I hear it.

I heard that song everywhere when i went to maui and had to buy the cd while I was there. His version of country roads is actually pretty good too.

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: Mr Incognito

Originally posted by: mundane
Didn't care for it, but that's just personal taste. I didn't notice anything stand out about the sound quality.

->favorite Somewhere over the rainbow version

Amen, my friend is from HI and he was you have to listen to this song/artist. Too bad he passed away.

that is the greatest version of a song ever. makes me all misty when I hear it.

:thumbsup:

 

[Slick5150]

I thought Jake Shimabukuro did a nice version of this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Acf2wa8JpRo

 

[TheKub]

IZ does it best!