Completely agree with John here. Playing music through a good hifi system will reveal lossless format's superiority over mp3 without a doubt. It's easy to think there's no difference playing music on a computer through cheap speakers but you may regret compromising the quality of your collection in the future if you hook up to a good hifi system.
MP3 is definitely more boxed in and is missing those high and low frequencies as well as a little midband detail that are obviously stripped away to make the file size smaller. MP3 is great for portable players with limited disc space but that's about all. Kevin E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "DJ DOCTOR P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 3:29 AM Subject: Re: the worth of bit rates: > High Albert, > My speaker system was home built by me. > I am also using a pare of tube amps that I built from s5 electronic kits. > Ripping the same track in MP3 verses Wma lossless sounds a little > different. > But then again, tubes lets the sound come through as is. > MP3's sounds a little watered down while the WMA lossless sounds just like > a > true audio CD. > Hope this helps. > John. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "albert griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:34 PM > Subject: the worth of bit rates: > > >>I know this is a rather subjective question but I'm just looking for some >> input here. I've been ripping my disks to the WMA lossless format. >> However, to make a file easier to send, I ripped the same disk to >> mp3256kpbs >> and it was a fifth the size of the track ripped to lossless. Now, I >> didn't >> hear a difference but the reason might be because I'm playing the tracks >> through only fair speakers, about $100 for the pair with a small sub >> woofer. >> My question is; do those of you with better sound systems notice a real >> difference in the quality of these formats?thanks for your input. >> >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.31/1128 - Release Date: >> 11/13/2007 11:09 AM >> >> > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
