Cut-Throat;619116 Wrote: > But it's still MP3, which means it's lossy! -- I have listened to it, > but it is not near as good as my local FM station. > > I am also sure that the bps number is meaningless if the File format > that they are streaming is MP3 It's a surprise the internet radio is MP3?! Do you have any idea how much more it would cost a station to stream lossless? Also, of course the stations have figured out that most listeners (who are buying iTunes and other lossy tracks) don't care.
And no, the bitrate of MP3s is not meaningless. Most people, on most music, can hear the difference between 128kbps MP3 and 320kbps MP3. Likewise, most people, on most music, cannot hear the difference between 320kbps MP3 and lossless. Try doing an ABX sometime (foobar2k has a tool that makes it very easy). -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86430 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
