BrockStone;408571 Wrote: > Ah, I was poking around with the controller but did not see the ability > to do that. Just looking now and it says the current song is 128kbps > CBR WMA. > > Hmm... > > Ya the sound was immediately "muddy". I think they stream WMA here so > 32kbps WMA is better than 32kbps with mp3, but still. Anything with > any bass or noise (I tend towards metal and industrial) sounds like > poo. Napster got back to me and said they do 'up to 128kbps depending > on the internet connection'. > > I will do more testing
If you are speaking with Napster, ask them if the "do" something with the sound ? It's not only about bitrate. Radio stations including web radio is often enthusiastic contenders in the loudness race. Maybe Napster is running you music trough some kind of optimod multiband compressor or something similarly vile -- Mnyb ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61578 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
