At 21:48 +0100 on 1/12/99, George L. Figgs wrote: > One thing that really makes a big difference in MP3 playback quality, in > addition to 44khz/128kb encoding is the type of computer you are playing > them on. I had a Mac with a 75Mhz 603 processor with only 22Khz sound > output. needless to say, MP3's played back on that machine sounded > terrible. now I bought a G3 and they do sound as good as cd's. Winamp or > MacAmp seem to do a pretty go job playing MP3's. I use Sound Edit 16 for > encoding. > Based on the mp3 thread it seems like there are quite a few macers on the list. I don't know why that surprised me. Afterall there are several reasons why macers should be abundant here: 1) People on this list obviously have good taste and a sense of quality 2) Mac (Apple) is surperior over Intel on sound and image 3) Mac is alternative, Intel is mainstream. TWN Made on a Macintosh *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ * Tommy W. Nordeng * MCB, Institute of Biology, room 3102 * University of Oslo * PB 1050 Blindern * 0316 OSLO, NORWAY * * tlf. +47 2285 4421/4594 * fax: +47 2285 4605 * email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL's: http://www.uio.no/~tommywn/ * http://biomac24.uio.no/bakke/staff/tommy.html * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~