mc heisenberg wrote: > An interesting thing happened to me yesterday. I've purchased Les > Nubians "Princesses Nubiennes" CD and ripped it to AIFF and then sat > down to listen in amazement. Why in amazement? Because I've previously > had that CD ripped in 320 kbps mp3 format and was listening to it for > years, so I am intimately familiar with the material and with the sound > quality (the origin of those mp3s is a bit, erm, shady). But now, when > listening to the same material on lossless AIFF, the differences in the > sound quality were, to say the least, stunning. Suddenly, the soundstage > opened, the bass extended deep down, the highs became 'civilized' and > silky, and on and on, I could rant the whole day about the > improvements. > > So my question is: are the perceived differences to be attributed to the > differences in formats (lossy vs. lossless), or to the differences in > ripping the contents of the CD? (fyi, I've used the regular iTunes > ripping procedure). So you compare your newly ripped cd to some mp3 from a shady source? Makes no sense. Better do mp3 files out of your recent purchased cd and compare again.
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