Re: free Orban loudness meter app now worthless vapourware

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:19:59 +0100, "Serge Auckland"
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>"Mr.T" <MrT@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>> "Soundhaspriority" <moreinwebreg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>> "Robert Orban" <donotreply@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> > Orban today announced that
>>> > the first public beta of Orban Loudness Meter software for
>>> > Windows XP and Vista is now available for free download
>>>
>>> In my long computing experience, you get what you pay for.
>>
>> In *my* long computing experience, price has very little relation****p
to
>> quality. I would have thought Microsoft was enough proof of that.
>> There are freeware packages available not bettered by more costly ones.
>> However Bobs press relase makes it clear this is a "stripped" version
of a
>> commercial package, often a very cost effective solution I find, if it 
>> fills
>> your requirements. And a great way to get people to try it and possibly
>> upgrade. That's what this marketing model is all about after all.
>>
>>
>>> I thought Orban was dead.
>>
>> Why?
>>
>> MrT.
>>
>>
>
>Agreed. A free-of-charge working but stripped-down version is often very 
>welcome. As to Orban being dead, the Optimod is still the best and most 
>widely used audio processor. The 8500 is capable of excellent sound
quality 
>in the right hands. Listen to Radio France , France Musique, sometime
when 
>over there to see how good classical music can sound even after
processing.
>
Damning with faint praise! "Even after processing" is a very revealing
phrase. It is like selling makeup with the slogan "It hardly makes you
ugly at all".

In these days of digital radio with decent signal to noise ratios,
there is no place for devices like Optimod.

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