tlp;155654 Wrote: > You're making assumptions that the loss between the CD to a 128kb > bit-rate mpeg is detectable by the human ear.
.... Do you really believe that? It is trivial to hear the difference between 128, 192 and 240k on many tracks, especially music with quiet passages or short attack on notes. I can certainly hear the difference: perhaps not on "choose random cut" stuff, but on something like a solo piano performance, or a well-engineered album like much of Pink Floyd the difference between 128k and 240k is obvious. > > All one need do is rip on several different machiens/drives and do a > file compare to see if any audibly significant differences are created. > Actually, since it is just bits: compare the bits. Much easier and less biased. > > Indeed, and I'm guessing many of them are now fat and happy via the > buyout, assuming they got private stock or options on private shares. > All because their intellectual property was WORTH SOMETHING to another, > bigger company. Really? I doubt most of the Slim developers got a thing. Most of the developers are not employees, just users. For a CTO, you seem clueless about what Free Software is. > If it hadn't been protected by copyright law, then Slim Devices wouldn't > have had any value and Logitech (who is bound to screw up this whole > open source thing the same way Denon screw up ReplayTV when they bought > it out, but that's another story) would have just taken the code, ideas, > etc. and created it from scratch instead of paying the founders of Slim > Devices (and hopefully many of the employees) a lot of money for their > work and wonderful creativity. Again, most of the developers are not employees. SlimServer is Free Software. The copyright is used to keep it that way (go look up "Copyleft"), and Logitech didn't need to buy Slim Devices to get the code -- anyone can download it. What Logitech got was Engineering Knowhow from Sean, Dean, Dan, Richard... and experience and reputation in designing and marketing high quality equipment. It gives them a better rounded product line (the "long ass virtual cable" device they already sell, and then for people who want better remote operation and independence from staring at a monitor, the Squeezebox or Transporter). and for giggles: > > 164kb MP3 encoded library (wish FLAC had been around when I did most of > my ripping oh so long ago) Why? You can't tell the difference between 128k and CD. In short: you are a troll. -- snarlydwarf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29626 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
