[OT] [Shotimes] Premium sound system question

[Jon Heese]

Yeah, audiophiles love to claim that MP3's are of inferior quality when
compared to standard audio CDs.  Technically, there is less information
bit for bit in an MP3 than the same song in standard audio CD format
(something like 10 times, if I'm not mistaken), so there should be less
data "resolution" when playing and MP3.  Luckily, the designers of the
MP3 compression protocol did a good job optimizing the data.

I have challenged my three audiophile friends to a Pepsi Challenge-style
to see if they could tell the difference between the audio CD version
and my *properly encoded* MP3 version (at 128kbps/44kHz) of several
different songs.  So far, no one has been able to tell the difference.

If your MP3's are made correctly (which is becoming more and more
automated now anyway) from high-quality source data, you will not notice
any quality difference between audio CD and MP3 CD.  I have a first gen
MP3 CD head unit in my 95 GL, and it's like having a 10-disc in-dash
changer.  Crystal clear on the entire frequency band.

 - Jon

On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 14:08, Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com wrote:
> Just to add a little more fuel to this (like it needs it), a friend
> of mine wanted to convert all of his cds to mp3s, but upon doing
> some research, he found that in order to keep the same quality
> of the recording, he would have had to convert at a much larger
> bit rate, or whatever, and the number of songs he could store on
> the device fell drastically.  Don't know if it's true or not, but it
> seems to me people are getting sucked in by the promise of being
> able to store your entire cd library on the head of a pin ( my
> analogy, sorry), that they don't realize they are going to have to
> forego the quality just to do it.
> 
> 
> Mike Wojton
> Toledo, Ohio
> 
> -'95 White MTX
>    '96 Brake Upgrade
> 
> "Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 10/01/2004 12:09:13 PM:
> 
> > And you then have a (IMHO) poor-looking external hookup in the dash 
> area,
> > much like the setup for aftermarket satellite radios.
> > 
> > Maybe when MP3 is integrated into the factory unit, along with satellite
> > radio, I'll then consider them. For now, the CD changer in the trunk and 
> the
> > cassette player hidden behind the faceplate suit me just fine. Although 
> the
> > new car has the 6-CD changer in the dash, I will miss the lack of a 
> cassette
> > player!!
> > 
> > MP3 players remind me of the old Springsteen line about cable TV (500
> > channels and nothing to watch), except "10,000 songs and nothing to 
> listen
> > to"!!
> > 
> > Ron Porter (I have exactly "zero" MP3 tunes)
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net 
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> > On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
> > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 3:59 AM
> > To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Premium sound system question
> > 
> > 
> > CDs are so passe'.  Invest in an iPod or something equivalent that can
> > store a lot of MP3 files.  Now you're talkin' serious music.
> > -- 
> > Cheers,
> > Carl Prochilo
> > 92 Ultra Red Crimson
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