Themis;479995 Wrote: > I agree with dsclar on all this. Thanks Themis,
Regardless of whether one can hear the dfferences between lossy files and lossless files in a car environment can we agree that one can certainly tell the difference in a home environment? Now keep in mind that I have never downloaded an mp3 file from any file sharing site. I've never bought one legally either. Virtually all the music I have on my hard drive is music I own on CD's, records and tape. Not only that but I generally have the best sounding versions of them as there is often quite a variance in the quality of the commercial releases. I have many versions of some because they are slightly different. Naturally, since at home I listen on a highly revealing system with a Transporter, I'm going to want my music files to sound as good as possible. Assuming that I couldn't hear the difference in my car, why would I want to maintain two data sets, one lossless and one lossy? With my music buying habits it's hard enough maintaning my music files as it is. I have 5 backup sets including off site and keeping them current is quite a task, though I admit it's somewhat a labor of love. I have no interest in mp3 files whatsoever. Why would I want to go to all the work to maintain a constantly evolving secondary data set? Right now the largest iPod that I know of is 160g. Even with high bit lossy compression I couldn't get my music to fit on that small a drive. Should I maintain multiple iPods breaking my collection up into volumes? Would I need to come up with some type of device to hold multiple iPods and link them together? It sure seems to me that being to use the same exact data set in the car that I use at home would be enough of a reason to want to use a Squeezebox in a car. If one doesn't notice a difference in the sound well that's just fine. As for me I hear a huge difference, but that's my thing. It still seems to make sense just for being to have the whole collection available. -- dsclar -- Doug 1 Transporter, 4 SB Classics, 1 Boom, 1 Duet, 1 SB Classic in Lexus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dsclar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68009 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
