Re: [MBZ] mp3s again: lossless compression

2011-05-23 Thread Rich Thomas
11? --R On 5/23/2011 5:58 PM, Fmiser wrote: But even so, turn it up too "high" and it sound's ugly. -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubs

Re: [MBZ] mp3s again: lossless compression

2011-05-23 Thread Fmiser
> Peter Frederick wrote: > Good to know, as I can hear the difference (early CD's were > horrible, mp3's only marginally better). Somehow I got stuck > with somewhat wider the usual color perception and hearing > ability (do cathode ray TV's bother your ears form the high > pitched squeal? 15kHz

Re: [MBZ] mp3s again: lossless compression

2011-05-21 Thread Dan Penoff
> Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 14:34:15 -0700 > From: Rick Knoble > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] mp3s again: lossless compression > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > >> Somehow I got stuck with somewhat &g

Re: [MBZ] mp3s again: lossless compression

2011-05-21 Thread Curt Raymond
he attendant hearing loss does... -Curt Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 14:34:15 -0700 From: Rick Knoble To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] mp3s again: lossless compression Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > Somehow I got stuck with somewhat > wid

Re: [MBZ] mp3s again

2011-05-21 Thread Russ Williams
Because they can. If people won't buy them then they'll stop selling crap. Russ W. On 5/21/2011 3:40 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: yea no joke but how the heck can they sell mp3s online with scratches in them? On 5/21/2011 3:38 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: If you have an old turntable, you can use A

Re: [MBZ] mp3s again: lossless compression

2011-05-21 Thread Rick Knoble
> Somehow I got stuck with somewhat > wider the usual color perception and hearing ability (do cathode ray > TV's bother your ears form the high pitched squeal? 15kHz horizontal > driver circuit.) and almost perfect pitch. Very annoying. Funny you should mention that. I recall hearing that squeal

Re: [MBZ] mp3s again: lossless compression

2011-05-21 Thread Peter Frederick
Good to know, as I can hear the difference (early CD's were horrible, mp3's only marginally better). Somehow I got stuck with somewhat wider the usual color perception and hearing ability (do cathode ray TV's bother your ears form the high pitched squeal? 15kHz horizontal driver circuit.)

Re: [MBZ] mp3s again

2011-05-21 Thread Rick Knoble
> > We had a discussion about mp3s etc a while back. > > Some of that discussion included the mention of the lossy compression of the > mp3 format. > I was going to reply that there is a compression called FLAC (Free Lossless > Audio Codec) that is > loss less. It obviously does not compress the

Re: [MBZ] mp3s again

2011-05-21 Thread Rick Knoble
> We had a discussion about mp3s etc a while back. Some of that discussion included the mention of the lossy compression of the mp3 format. I was going to reply that there is a compression called FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) that is loss less. It obviously does not compress the file size

Re: [MBZ] mp3s again

2011-05-21 Thread Peter Frederick
My point exactly -- everything is public domain until you want to make money. Then you gouge anyone who either isn't able or interested in stealing someone else's work by claiming it as your own. Lots of "computer" billionaires are rich for this very reason. I'm hardly shocked someone would

Re: [MBZ] mp3s again

2011-05-21 Thread OK Don
They add authenticity - a value added feature! On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > yea no joke but how the heck can they sell mp3s online with scratches in > them? > > > On 5/21/2011 3:38 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: > >> If you have an old turntable, you can use Audacity to rec

Re: [MBZ] mp3s again

2011-05-21 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Im talking about places where you BUY them, I never said anything about free. On 5/21/2011 3:38 PM, Peter Frederick wrote: Only if there is legal access to them, eh? Much easier to rip an MP# from an old album or CD than PAY to get a digital master. Remember, everything on the internet is FR

Re: [MBZ] mp3s again

2011-05-21 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
yea no joke but how the heck can they sell mp3s online with scratches in them? On 5/21/2011 3:38 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: If you have an old turntable, you can use Audacity to record the LPs, then save them in whatever format you want) and do some cleanup of the pops and scratches and such. I h

Re: [MBZ] mp3s again

2011-05-21 Thread Peter Frederick
Only if there is legal access to them, eh? Much easier to rip an MP# from an old album or CD than PAY to get a digital master. Remember, everything on the internet is FREE, right? Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okieben

Re: [MBZ] mp3s again

2011-05-21 Thread Rich Thomas
If you have an old turntable, you can use Audacity to record the LPs, then save them in whatever format you want) and do some cleanup of the pops and scratches and such. I have done that with a lot of old vinyl, they sound OK for just entertaining listening. --R On 5/21/2011 4:32 PM, Kaleb C

[MBZ] mp3s again

2011-05-21 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
We had a discussion about mp3s etc a while back. On some of these outfits you can download them from, such as itunes, rhapsody etc, I have found some old stuff from the 60's for example that I have the original albums of, and some of them I also have CD's of somewhere from later. Anyway, I am