quoted 11 lines If you collect paintings, but instead of looking at the real paintings,>If you collect paintings, but instead of looking at the real paintings,
>and you just hang up color photocopies, people will think you're a fucking
>moron. Those people ARE RIGHT, because color copies will let you know
>what the picture looks like, but you're not going to get the full impact
>of the original. If you have a bunch of records, but sit in front of your
>computer listening to mp3s of them through tiny speakers, you're CHEATING
>YOURSELF... STOP IT!
>I am not a Spock-ear wearing audiophile turd, but don't forget that
>records SOUND GOOD and that's why you bought them in the first place.
>Listen to them, that's what they're for... you'll be surprised at how good
>everything sounds without a large percentage of the data MISSING. :)
obvisouly someone has been listening to crappy quality mp3s for too long.
about your analogy.. people spend good money on PRINTS of works of art. no,
they might not have be the original, but hell.. i dont see people complaining
as they write checks for large sums of money..
also, i dont know about you but i listen to all music through my stereo,
whether it comes from my computer, my cd player, my turntable.. not some
"tiny speakers" (ugh the horror)..
try encoding some mp3s ar 192kbps or higher, with a codec that isnt a peice of
crap (fraunhofer is about the only good one) and then come and bitch and rant
about how much mp3 sucks -- cause if you can hear the difference, i think you
would well fall into the category of "spock-ear wearing audiophile turds"..
cause i am very picky about how music sounds and i cant hear any noticable
difference in the higher bitrates.
BUT.. if you are speaking of the generally accepted standard of 128kbps mp3s,
with some crap codec like Xing, i will have to say i completely agree with
you. its like listening to music underwater. the aliasing hurts my ears and
id rather listen to nothing than listen to music that is ruined by
compression. i have a funny feeling this is what you were *really* talking
about.
just my 2 cents, take it or leave it.
john
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