Re: mp3 in the car
- From: MZ <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 03:47:29 GMT
Nice post. I'd like to add that, for many people, backing up their entire
collection in wav format or as an iso is feasible, especially with the
advent of 200+ GB drives at reasonable prices.
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, UName wrote:
> On 12 Jul 2005 01:16:48 -0700, kris.vandevijver@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >So far, I'm still using plain old cd's to listen to music, but I think
> >the time has come to move to mp3 (or another format?).
> >The plan is to be able to listen to a lot of music in my car and at
> >home. I'll rip all my cd's and put them on my pc's harddisk.
>
> If you want pristine rips, be sure to use EAC or a similar program.
> Ripping directly from WMP has been known to produce the odd glitch.
>
> >- Would you guys think it's wise to convert my cd's to WMA Lossless (to
> >"future-proof" my music) and keep this on the HDD and then convert to
> >lossy wma or mp3 to put on my mp3 player ? This is important because
> >a) I don't want to rip again in a few years because of better formats
> >and b) I'm thinking of selling all my cd's (although not sure about the selling part)
>
> You can cut the filesize of a track down to one half or even one third
> using WMA lossless, but if you're going to sell your CDs you'd better
> make sure all the songs with seamless transitions and other weirdness
> aren't fudged in the process. The original CD is still the most
> durable/pristine medium you can store those songs on.
>
> I think selling one's whole CD collection is penny wise and pound
> foolish for various reasons. I knew someone who converted his whole CD
> collection to 128k MP3 years ago (and sold it). I'm sure he ended up
> seriously regretting it; he thought MP3 was somehow lossless!
>
> WMA, AAC and other modern formats will sound cleaner than MP3 at any
> given (stereo) bitrate, so I'd go with WMA over MP3. Many people still
> don't understand that MP3 was a pioneer, but has been much improved
> upon. The main thing MP3 has going for it is decent sound at 192k+ and
> less processing power needed to decode the files. Some MP3s sound
> terrible if encoded with Xing and other super-fast encoders. There's a
> classic watery sound to them. Fraunhofer MP3s have always sounded
> pretty good at 128k but they still don't match the crystalline quality
> of WMA at that bitrate. I think WMA at 160k is excellent and at 192k
> it's stellar, especially for car stereo.
>
> Beware of anyone telling you MP3 has "better bass." It's most likely
> distortion, not clean rendering. I keep seeing that claim, along with
> some fools who pan WMA altogether because of some Microsoft grudge.
> With WMA (and AAC) more info is crammed into the same filesize, like
> stuffing clothes tighter into a suitcase, minus the wrinkles.
>
> >- What about the GAP problem a lot of people are talking about?
> >- The most important question is : can I totally replace my CD PLAYER
> >at home and in the car + my CD COLLECTION with a ZEN TOUCH 20gb (and
> >lots of storage space on my pc) without having to listen to music which
> >doesn't sound as great ?
>
> The gap problem alone is why I'd never sell my whole CD collection
> after ripping it. And whatever medium you store your WMA lossless
> files on will likely not be as tough as an original factory CD with
> its aluminum pits & lands. Hard drives crash and CD-Rs have numerous
> errors (usually correctable with redundant data), plus a questionable
> shelf life and poor heat/sun resistance. I wouldn't ditch your CDs
> just to have the "latest thing" if you value sonic purity. It's funny
> how people think compressed music is an obvious improvement just
> because it can be stored so easily. In the future they'll have
> terabyte devices (holographic storage, etc.) that will render the need
> for compression moot. Then, you'll wish you'd kept all those CDs for a
> direct transfer to that future medium.
>
> UName
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