please, share it! am a Big Fan of Option B...
quality is more mp than qty. :) cheers --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "kaissiom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Rahmaniacs, > > It was a couple of years back that I accidentally or unintentionally > came across a method of fetching *voiceless* BGMs. And > co-incidentally, at around the same time our dear friend AJ (where are > you AJ?) also discovered another way of doing the same thing. It was > music to the ears and treat for the fans. We've come a long way > since, many other wonderful people in the group have joined the BGM > frenzy since. I admit, I have become selfish enough to keep the newer > BGMs to myself for quite some time now, but there are multiple reasons > for that, which could be the subject of a whole another topic. But > this time around, it's another breakthrough, DVD-Quality music. > > In my personal opinion, in this "i-pod" age, there are 3 types of > music listeners in general: > A) People that are size conscious (due to the limitations of the > hard-drive on their i-pod/computer) > > B) People that are quality conscious (want the best quality regardless > of size) > > C) People that are neither type-A nor type-B and basically have no > preference and could care less about the technical details. > > Well, I happen to be a hardcore type-B person. And if you happen to > be type-B, carry on reading, and if you are not type-B, but still > interested, you are also welcome. > > I could care less about the size on my hard-drive, as long as I can > grab hold of the highest quality Rahman music out there. It is a > pretty straight forward logic, as the size of the song goes down, the > quality goes down. Although, the 5 MB, 128 kpbs song sounds great and > you can't tell the difference on your ipod, the difference becomes > quite noticeable on a hi-fi system or when playing the music on loud > volume. I personally store Rahman's music at the highest quality on > my computer or my "ipod" (I actually don't like ipods, I have a > Creative Zen M, if you want quality, I would recommend Creative). The > huge file sizes do reduce the number of songs I can have, but going > with a bigger HD takes care of that problem. > > So, in my pursuit of "high quality" Rahman music, I had yet another > breakthrough� DVD-Quality music. I have been quietly, one at a time, > ripping DVD music of all of my Rahman DVDs. Let's not forget that we > already have the highest-quality audio available in the market for > these movies in form of original Audio CDs. But the DVD audio I'm > ripping is unarguably superior. I now have 3 x each of Rahman's > songs. 1) in highest quality mp3 format, 2) in Audio CD format, 3) in > DVD music format. Yes, call me a Rah-maniac, when I said I'm a > hardcore type-B person, I meant it. > > Just based on simple logic of relation between file size and quality > here's how they stack up: Example, Chotti si Aasha from Roja, run > time: Approximately 5 minutes. > > 1) Highest quality mp3 format, 320 kbps: > File Size(approx.): 11.3 MB > > 2) Audio CD, wav format: > File Size(approx.): 48.3 MB > > 3) DVD-Quality audio, wma format: > File Size(approx.): 81.2 MB > > Well, does it really make a difference? You have to listen to it to > believe it. You can hear all the minute details and all instruments > in back quite clearly. The highs are sharper and the basses are > lower. I mean I could talk all about it, but unless you hear it, you > won't know. > > Well, assuming that we are all Rahman fans on this group, and assuming > that all of the "fans" should at least have Roja in their collection, > I'm hesitantly willing to sharing ONE song from Roja in DVD quality. > Why you may ask? Because I would hate to keep the gem to myself. It > is an experience every fan should experience. I can not describe it > in words...the joy of listening to Roja, Chor Chor, Bombay, Sapnay, > Duet, etc. in DVD Quality music. > > What triggered my quest for this High-quality sound was that one post > on this group, where someone posted a Thiruda Thiruda song and claimed > it was DVD audio. I got excited, downloaded it, listened to it and I > could swear it can not be DVD quality audio, because the sound on the > Audio CD was definitely better. That was it! I decided to find out > what DVD quality audio would really sound like. I'm actually very > happy with my discovery, although it means more hard-drive space. But > I know sooner or later someone in this group will post more of these, > just like the BGMs. > > The other beauty of this DVD-quality music is that it is in wma format > and can be burned on to a regular CD and played on any system that > plays burned CDs. Essentially, you burned CD will have the version of > the song that is better(quality) than the version on original CD. I > recommend you burn this song and listen to it in a hi-fi system if > possible or using a decent pair of headphones (B&O, Sennheiser, Bose, > SHURE) And if you can't listen to it on a hi-fi system now, you could > probably keep it for future use. > > But before I post anything, I was not even sure if anyone would > actually be interested in this high-quality audio. I mean I truly > don't know if people care about quality or size for that matter or is > it just me? Why post something and waste bandwidth if people don't > really care? So, I thought.. what better way to find out than to ask > the group itself? > > So, if you are interested in this song at all, reply to this post or > reply to my email. > > WARNING: (From my own experience) Negative side-effects of listening > to high-quality audio sound for prolonged period of time include but > are not limited to: increased craving of high quality audio, dislike > or even deletion of your mp3 file library, and last but not the > least.. pure indulgence. You have been warned!! > > I love Rahman. > > *NOTE: (for the audio-junkies) > The audio I'm referring to is DVD-quality audio, not to be confused > with DVD-Audio. It is not in 5.1 Sorround Sound. It is high-quality > Stereo Audio with R/L programming. Having 5.1 SS programming would > mean you would have to burn it on a DVD. But I rip it using 2.1 > setting, so it is in Stereo .wma format and can be burned onto a blank > CD, because the CD-muic burning logic only considers *time* while > burning and not size. More questions? Feel free to contact me, I love > to share the joy :) >
