pfarrell Wrote:
Now, since I'm old, most of my favorite rock is what younger folks
probably scoff at.
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Pat
Yeah. When I was a kid, my parents would say what is that noise? when
I played the beatles or the stones.
Now my kid plays this rap stuff, and I go to say what is that noise?
and
I completely agree with what both Pat and Sean wrote.
So I have very little to add except that MP3-encoders can make a hugh
difference in the quality of your Mp3. Obviously settings within those
encoders can make a big difference as well.
If you are going the Mp3 route, I'd seriously consider
street_samurai Wrote:
-Very- few people can tell the difference between a properly encoded
Mp3 and a FLAC. You'll need a golden system AND golden ears. As Sean
pointed out, this can heavily depend on the source material. MP3
presets are optimized to be a general as possible but some types
Is that even true between FLAC and, say, 360 CBR LAME mp3?On 9/30/05, Mark_H [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:street_samurai Wrote: -Very- few people can tell the difference between a properly encoded
Mp3 and a FLAC. You'll need a golden system AND golden ears. As Sean pointed out, this can heavily
Don't forget that FLAC also is a very good backup of your cd.
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bernt
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YEMV but as far as I can tell, recordings with more distortion/noise
reveal MP3's artifacts most readily. This is assuming of course that
you know the CD *very* well, otherwise you can't tell what's from the
source vs the compression. I heard this for myself before I knew much
about how MP3
Dave D wrote:
-- Anything else?
Dave,
Don't overlook the fact that your equipment might not be good enough to
show the difference.
I tried a few external DACs with my SB1 and, when I first tried, I
couldn't hear any difference between the SB1 internal DAC, an Arcam
Delta, and Art DI/O,
Be warned, headphones have all sorts of non-linearities.
I'd argue that in general, pound for pound, decent headphones will
provide more linearity and fidelity than speakers. (Obviously I mean
pound sterling, although the same might be true for pound weight if
your neck muscles are strong
I would argue that the biggest benefit of FLAC is not that it sounds
better than mp3. In fact for most people with most equipment in most
environments flac will not sound better than decently encoded mp3s.
However I rip ALL my music to FLAC. Because I do not want to EVER rip
my music twice.
On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 03:20 -0700, Fifer wrote:
Be warned, headphones have all sorts of non-linearities.
I'd argue that in general, pound for pound, decent headphones will
provide more linearity and fidelity than speakers. (Obviously I mean
pound sterling, although the same might be true
Most players don't give you gapless playback from mp3 -- at least they
didn't six months ago, when I was deciding which way to go.
This is a big problem for those many classical albums where one track
is supposed to move into the next without any audible pause or gap.
(See, for example,
On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 10:51 -0700, cliveb wrote:
It's irrelevant for most rock albums, which have the standard 2-second
gap between tracks.
Ahem. There are literally thousands of rock albums where tracks segue;
some very famous ones being: Dark Side of the Moon, Abbey Road, Hounds
of Love,
but The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's seque from Uncle
Charlie and His Dog Teddy into Mr Bogangles is also classic
Thanks Pat, I haven't listened to 'Uncle Charlie' for ages. Sing 'The
Old Rugged Cross' now, chord with this ...
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Thanks Pat.
I'm listening through my Labtec :) headphones, since they sound better
than my old Advent speakers (might get new speakers later this year).
Maybe that makes a difference. The amplifier is an Onkyo TX-860, which
was pretty good when I bought it in 1989. Probably far out-performs
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 20:17 -0700, Dave D wrote:
I'm listening through my Labtec :) headphones,
Be warned, headphones have all sorts of non-linearities.
since they sound better
than my old Advent speakers (might get new speakers later this year).
Large Advents? I had four of them. Still
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