ralphpnj;613582 Wrote: > Reading through the referenced article I found that they seem to be > confusing a lossy compressed file with a higher bit rate (think 24bit > mp3 file) with a losslessly compressed file but with a lower bit rate > (think 16bit flac file). > > I would much rather have a 16bit flac than a 24bit mp3. > > And why would one think that any record company executive knows even > the slightest bit about computer and digital audio? All the record > companies have done over the past 5 years is find new and better way to > go bankrupt. No they are not "geniuses" as stated in the article but > rather they are for the most part complete morons. The Apple iTunes > store has eaten their lunch.
The most idiotic irony is that anything that gets recorded today is by default recorded using 24 bit depth. What record companies do then is mix and master these recordings by dithering them down to 16 bit for mass distribution. What's happening right now is that the same companies seem to be going back to their already crippled 16 bit material and upsampling it, with a mindless push of a button, to 24 bit. Then they turn around and charge the consumer premium price for that cheap-and-dirty magic trick. Appalling! -- magiccarpetride ------------------------------------------------------------------------ magiccarpetride's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37863 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85846 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
