I think its also important to note that, no matter how good their sounds systems are, clubs are not an environment for audiophiles. MP3s played via Final Scratch undoubtedly lose something compared to the sound quality of an original vinyl copy, but provided they're encoded at a decent rate I doubt anyone could really notice much difference in a club environment with all of its associated background noise, etc. I certainly haven't found a discernable gap and I've heard FS used in clubs on a number of occassions now.
Sean. -----Original Message----- From: Eric Scuccimarra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 May 2002 15:57 To: LR2; 'Tom Robbins/Magic Feet'; '313 mailing list' Subject: Re: [313] Question: Final Scratch MP3s do cause sound quality deterioration. The way an MP3 compresses a sound file is by eliminating certain frequencies and imitating those frequencies using harmonics. MP3 compression is a "lossy" compression format which means that it compresses by eliminating information. If you take a CD, save it as an MP3 and re-burn that to CD you WILL notice a significant difference in sound quality. This depends on the bit rate at which you encode the MP3s... Lower rates will result in smaller, lower quality files. WAVs or AIFF do not have any sound quality loss but the files are much bigger as they don't use much compression, if they use any compression at all. Hope this helps. At 10:26 AM 5/21/2002 -0400, LR2 wrote: >After reading of Kevin Saunderson's conversion, it reminded me that I've >had a question about this technology. > >I've always heard that one of the appeals of vinyl (for audiophiles in >particular) is the frequency response range; especially in the low end. >It's what purists have complained is missing in CDs for years. > >Does any one have a technical perspective on the audio quality of MP3 vs >vinyl? I understand that MP3 is a compressed format and am curious if >that compression would noticeably affect the sound, especially in a >large club-like setting. > >For my needs, MP3 is fine as I listen to it on computer speakers, or rip >it and listen to it in my car stereo...I'm not really concerned about >superior audio quality in those settings as I don't have the greatest >gear to reproduce it faithfully. But, in these mega-clubs and parties >where the gear can be of the highest caliber, do you reckon 160 kbps (as >Kevin mentioned) will cut it? > >I'm not trying to start a debate, I'm simply curious for input from >those who might have a deeper understanding. > >Thanks! > >Leslie Rollins > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
