Date:         Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:00:47 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: MP3 Player Advice Needed - with a twist (no pun intended)
Comments: To: Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com>
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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.
>



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Jake

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1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'

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