[OT] [Shotimes] Premium sound system question

[Ian Fisher]

I can hear a difference between some 128/44 mp3's and
the orginal recording. It depends on what you are
listening to and what kind of equipment it's playing
on. 192/44 usually sounds closer to CD quality vs.
128/44.

Ian
Alpine mp3 CD in dash
Alpine-xtant amps
MB Quart components
Infinity 12" sub (Perfect I think-not a Kappa)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Jon Heese
> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 1:33 PM
> To: SHOTimes List
> Subject: RE: [OT] [Shotimes] Premium sound system
> question
> 
> 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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