No problem, I appreciate your reply. I am not a Rhapsody user, but I'll see if I can find the same tracks elsewhere or maybe sign up for a free trial of Rhapsody - I see there is a 30 day free trial so I'll probably use this opportunity to check it out.
I can try to listen to the tracks you mentioned, but I don't have the better quality versions to compare to. On a few songs where I did have the original recording, the 128k MP3 sounds very good, nothing objectionable at all, and when I play the original (the case I am thinking of was a track by Alison Krauss + Union Station off the "Live" 2-SACD set) I do hear more detail, clarity and 3-d effect, but the 128k had all of those qualities, just less detailed, but it still sounded good. I recently did a number of changes to my system, which before was sounding a bit 'thin' as you describe. But now it has very nice bass/upper bass/lower midrange which forms a nice solid 3-d image. It's very 'coherent', so if a player slaps the strings on a guitar it sounds realistic, I get the feeling there is someone in the room in front of me slapping those strings. It's definitely a lot more involving to listen to now, even with 128k. See if you can get to my Pandora profile page here: http://www.pandora.com/people/kh6idf1 and if you can see the few songs I have bookmarked. I usually bookmark ones that sound especially good. I'll try to add some more if I get a chance over the next few days. You should also be able to play my 73 stations I have set up - maybe you can find some overlap in our musical tastes. The station list will change as I delete some and add others of course. -- kh6idf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kh6idf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16848 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49648 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
