on 2/13/2000 8:53 PM, {[brian..alter]} wrote:
quoted 2 lines Has anyone else found this list overpopulated with self righteous> Has anyone else found this list overpopulated with self righteous
> assheads?
Heh! I've been on and off this list for for the last 5 years (yeah, back
Fluid ran the list) and it's never changed. The signal to noise ratio ebbs
and flows like a manic tide and there's never a shortage of 'assheads'.
But it's also a great resource for finding good music in the genre. What I
usually do is watch the arguements for a while over whatever topic (at the
moment it's mp3's) and see what everyone has to say. Usually someone who has
a clue will pipe up and say something about an encoder, or a pair of good
headphones, or a great deal on some cd/record somewhere and it becomes worth
sifting thru the crap.
So, in that spirit, I'll mention that emusic.com sells 128k mp3s of many Fax
records I would ordinarily not be able to buy (for a price I'd call
reasonable). So, 9 bucks got me a great record last night at a bit rate
that's pretty acceptable to my ears. The download took hours though, even at
a sustained 5k transfer rate. A 192k encoded set of mp3's would have taken
forever.
So there's my 3 cents (no change).
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