On Sep 13, 2008, at 3:38 PM, insightinmind wrote:
> > > On Sep 13, 2008, at 3:19 PM, Doug Burton wrote: > >> Now I'm curious as to why your collection is in the form of aiff? >> Being a musician is your ear that good to hear the difference between >> aiff and 192 bit MP3? I would think a decent sized collection would >> take some serious HD space using that format. > > I'm working on making my collection decent ... mostly Jazz ... that's > why I don't want to copy it into the iTunes Library area ... just > leave > it where I initially put it ... some accept Album Artwork ... and some > do not (7.7.1 ???) This puzzles me a bit. What exactly do you mean by the iTunes Library area? Just putting it in your library doesn't mean you have to move the actual files. Under preferences>advanced just uncheck the box which directs iTunes to copy files added to the library to the music folder. This is always the first thing I do on any new OS install. My files reside on my file server back in another room so naturally I don't want them moved either. > > Yes ... I'm able to hear the difference ... I usually encode at 256 > bit > mp3, too ... mainly because I just don't want to miss anything ... and > I walk my dog using over the ear headphones ... yes, a bit geeky > looking ... I'm going for sound, not sight ... Not geeky to me, I hate those "earbuds"! They won't stay in and the sound is not that good either. I only use the over the ears type also. > > I also believe there are sounds that we humanoids cannot "hear" ... > that may possibly push around those we can hear ... so affect what we > do hear ... > > Well ... something like that ... > > Bill Connelly Also agree on this, but so far my ears have not been able to tell the difference between an MP3 encoded at 192 bits and the real thing. Now I can definitely hear a difference at 128 and 160 sometimes, but never been able to at 192. I use a Sansa e280 mp3 player at work, upgraded to 16 gb, and in order to accommodate my entire collection, I found it necessary to re- encode to music into 96 bit wma files. The sound is good enough to drown out the constant chattering of the women to work near me. Sorry ladies, nothing personal, even the other women who work there complain about these two! Just a message from Doug... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
