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 ???) > > 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 ... > > 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 ... Did you know that iTunes and "import" music and leave it in aiff format? I have been slowly (very slowly) ripping my LPs using a decent Denon turntable and Hafler preamp and an iMic. I save them in aiff format and import them into iTunes in that format. Now I will admit that I do not have an MP3 player so the space issue is not as critical, but I can hear the difference between a ripped file at 192 and the original aiff burned to a CD and played in my car (at least when stopped). And yes, I also believe the sounds and harmonics above and below the range of human hearing do affect what you actually hear. Len --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
