Hi Radish, Yes, a lower quality lossy rip will sound worse. A higher quality lossy rip will sound less worse. A non-lossy rip will still not sound great because of the inherent lossy nature of CD sound. Artists have been complaining about CDs since they came out - I did a quick search, and found a recent quote from a recording producer calling CD sound "a Xerox of a Polaroid of a photograph of a painting". Google those words, you'll find the interview.
The record industry squashed the DAT format for consumers sometime ago, maybe it was 15 years or so, out of fear that that would put "master" quality sound out on the street. But the recording industry was just fine with CDs, because it is far from master quality. The low sampling rate, which is the problem, was chosen to allow enough capacity for hour long albums, +/-, on the form factor chosen. Therein lies the compromise, the sampling rate is really too low to capture the full spectrum of the sound, and that is why CDs are lossy. Most people don't know or hear the difference. -- Goodsounds ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51108 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
