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Re: Why are speakers so bloody expensive?
09/04/11 12:16 AM
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> > I do not know how much sound quality, if any, is lost by using the mp3 file format
> > versus the format used for audio CDs.
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> Grab your Neil Young and Crazy Horse's "Everybody knows this is nowhere" CD (what do
> you mean "I don't have it") and try encoding the song "Cinnamon Girl" to MP3.
> Any bitrate, VBR or constant, joint-stereo or whatever options the encoder has, I
> guarantee it will sound like shit no matter what.
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> I've tried and tried but there is just no way I can listen to that song anywhere in
> MP3 format. 1969 recording technology: best copy protection there is.
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> S
That's because that song sounds like shit played on ANYTHING! LOL. It's funny how Neil Young says that CDs don't sound as good as vinyl, yet it always sounds to me like he is singing off key. To MY EARS a properly mastered CD sounds better than any vinyl. By properly mastered, I mean something released before the loudness wars. Because of the loudness wars, I have basically stopped buying any reissues or new music.
EDIT: BTW, have you ever tried LAME to encode that song? Try the options "--vbr-new -V2" or "--vbr-new -V1".
Edited by redk9258 (09/04/11 12:52 AM)
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