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Oh, well then you should demand a refund.

What I'm saying is that different segments of a given episode have different audio qualities based on what equipment different guests have.

The Google Ad words segment. [Link] from last week is as good as it's going to get - ever. If you think that has bad audio I don't know what to tell you. I listened to all three segments tonight (for the first time myself) and I agree that the round-table audio is pretty bad and there are issues with the CNN Worm segment (but it's pretty good overall) but the Google Adwords one is done with as good of audio equipment, editing, etc. as it's going to get. And listening to it, it's easily as good as any other podcast out there.

It just gets frustrating reading criticism and when you message them and try to learn more it turns out that they just loaded up one segment and listened to it for 2 minutes. As we get regular panelists and their audio equipment is perfected, it will get better. The Google Adwords segment represents the "as good" as it's going to get as that one involves people whose equipment has been upgraded as far as it's going to get.

btw, vis, I don't mean to pick on you. I apologize if I sound harsh. My frustration is what guys like Marduk who apparently imagine audio editing to be something out of Blade Runner or some other sci-fi film. Audio issues are from the originating equipment. And even if there were some magical, state of the art audio editing technology that could sharpen voices and eliminate all static on every channel, it wouldn't be practical in a free, weekly show done largely for fun.

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You know Marduk, sometimes I think you live to troll news items to news item.

On the one hand, you complain that the podcasts has "other interests" and then you complain about the segment that was purely about Neowin news.

Audio is tough as you add people from all over the place. It can be done well but it will take time. Even This week in Tech has audio issues even now. Go listen to their earliest episodes and it was the same. Not all the Neowin mods live in state of the art sound studios.


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Editing can't solve the audio problems in that episode. Only better audio equipment.

I've listened to plenty of podcasts too including This week in tech and they have their issues too, especially in their earlier episodes.

If you think it's so bad, Marduk, please, by all means, don't listen.

Last edited by 2104 on 20 Aug 2005 - 05:19

Thank you for the positive comment

Amen to that!

Well said Pimp!

PowerUser.tv isn't some service people are paying for. It's what a bunch of friends from Neowin and WC have put together for fun. It's all volunteer, and we're learning as we go.

I just came back from the lake and listened to Twit.tv a lot and they have the same problems even in episodw 17, they had some serious Skype issues with Dvorak and this is Dvorak we're talking about. As time goes on, it'll all get perfected.