Hi Jake Under laboratory conditions, sure. But once you factor in the effect of wind noise, tire vibration, and the unusual (to put it politely) acoustical signature of a vanagon interior I would venture to say the quality difference narrows significantly. When the van stops rolling and I am camping I usually prefer to stay away from canned music; I use the radio to keep up with the world through CBC news but otherwise I don't bother much with it. YMMV. Happy Trails, Greg Potts www.pottsfamily.ca WWW.BUSESOFTHECORN.CA <--- NEW .CA DOMAIN!!! 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender hardtop Vanagon 1988 Wolfsburg Weekender hardtop Vanagon 1973 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato" > Comparing a 35,000 to 50,000 KB WAV file with a 5,000KB MP3 is silly. The > difference in the amount of musical information conveyed is gigantic. > > Its like the difference between AM radio and Hi-Fi. > Kids who have been raised on hyper-compressed TV, movies and dance tracks > may have never had an opportunity to hear what music - instruments and > voices - sound like and that's a shame. > > Tell me you like the convenience but please don't tell me there's no > difference in the audio quality! ;) > > Jake > > On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote: > >> RE: Audio Quality, CD vs MP3 vs WMA etc. >> >> Interesting observations. Just for kicks I'm going to take a couple of >> tracks from a good CD, rip as WMA and MP3, burn and then compare in my >> head >> unit. With my lousy ears and the inexpensive Pioneer head unit and >> cheap >> speakers I doubt that I'll be able to hear any difference but it's worth >> playing with. >> > > > > -- > Jake > > 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van' > 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie' > > Crescent Beach, BC > > www.thebassspa.com > www.crescentbeachguitar.com > http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27 > |
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