MP3: Just because it's digital, doesn't mean it sounds good.

[Unkut Yola]

well anybody with a MP3 burned cd of sum shit who also has REAL cD" cant tell especially when you have mp3's of shit you also have the same on cd you cant definitely tell you have to use wav files to hear tha cd quality ripped from the cd. that shit take up too much space tho...

BUT REGUARDLESS IF A CD IS TIGHT AND LISTENABLE FOR AT LEAST 85% OF THE ALBUM I'M COPPIN!

otherwise its a download unless its an artist i support and i collect their shit like that.

 

[DFresh77]

the article was pretty much saying - "Go buy CD's!"

I'll start buying CD's more often when all these artist start putting out quality music.... in the 90's i used to buy like 5-10 CD's a week...now a days..i buy 5-8 CD's a year......

 

[The Visualizer]

the article was pretty much saying - "Go buy CD's!"

pretty much... If anyone missed that then they're a complete dunce

Mp3's have been widely around since 1997 and this war of words is just a repeat of what many have said when the format was being adopted. Digital quality is the new age... Artist record their music digitally nowadays and some do continue to use mp3 codec or better.

 

[I. Cold]

I cant tell... so fuck it

 

[Defy]

the article is true if you really take the time to listen to music.

do this, take a cd and rip one track in several different bit rates then play it on some good speakers.

the wav/aiff (1411 kbps) will sound the same as the cd and a flac won't have much of a difference in sound

you may not notice much of a loss between 320 kbps and 192 kbps mp3 files, but if you compare the 192 kbps file to the aif or wav you'll hear some minor differences, but once you get down to 128 kbps you'll hear some of the highs aren't as crisp. now play a 64 kbps file. sounds like shit right? 64kbps is the format used on myspace, and generally is where the web rips are taken from (although they might be re-encoded to 128 or above, its not going to make it better)

just like someone said earlier, I don't rip anything in less than 192 kbps, but if I'mma throw something on my phone best believe its 64, its not like my phone got speakers that hit

 

[5ive1en]

its not like my phone got speakers that hit

I got 2 12" Alpine type R's on my phone, so i can't fuck with anything less then 192kbps. Otherwise it really messes up the SQ. Step ur game up Defy.

 

[Likwid]

That article is too long. Anyhow I hoped they compared Vinyl to CD's to MP3's to get a real grasp on the difference between analog and digital audio.

 

[Defy]

I got 2 12" Alpine type R's on my phone, so i can't fuck with anything less then 192kbps. Otherwise it really messes up the SQ. Step ur game up Defy.

I always thought the line was "waking up your family with four 15's"



but now I get it


its "Waking up your family with Phone 15"s"

 

[5ive1en]

^^ HAHAHA

 

[MeloTrauma]

For the first time in history, we can carry an entire album collection in our hip pocket... if that means a little quality loss, Im willing to trade that off.

 

[Mr. Samos]

This is common sense when dealing with MP3 and the compression that is involved. MP3's are HIGHLY compressed, so you lose a lot of raw data. Not really "news" worthy. Clearly a compressed MP3 is not going to be as crisp as a raw WAV file.

But to be honest, when bumping music, I don't care.

 

[Ironic Commando]

hell its not like we pay for mp3s

 

[ValleyPainProduct]

anyone who knows anything about sound recording knows this article is true.....earphones aint gonna bring the actual quality bacc but they might be able to lightweight compensate for it......

 

[Ironic Commando]

^^
got damn...they banned him too

 

[TOMMYJAMES]

For the first time in history, we can carry an entire album collection in our hip pocket... if that means a little quality loss, Im willing to trade that off.

THATS REAL.IF I CAN PUT 25O ALBUMS IN MY POCKET WITH A LITTLE LESS QUALITY,ILL CHOOSE THAT OVER A BIG ASS BINDER FULL OF CDS ANYDAY.

 

[Ironic Commando]

i remember the days, a few short years ago, where i used to carry my big ass CD book in my back pack...those days are no more...fuck high quality

 

[miguel_510]

wav files sound better than mp3

 

[Jack Tracks]

MP3's are ruining and saving the music business... with high speed internet and larger hard drives and computer systems becoming cheaper and more common place hopefully we'll see a switch back to wav files.. MP3's are boo boo for sound quality... WMA's are worse.. and if u cant hear or tell a difference you need to get your motherfuckin ears checked, cuz that shit is dumb noticable, especially mp3's under 192 kbps

 

[LISICKI]

Jack I think you sprinkled a lil too much cocaine on your chocolate chip pancakes this morning, the majority of consumers dont give a fuck about the quality differential the only people this annoys are recording artists

 

[Home-E]

the article was pretty much saying - "Go buy CD's!"

or rip your music with lossless codecs