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quoted 5 lines And to veer from my original topic a bit, I may be old fashioned, but

> And to veer from my original topic a bit, I may be old fashioned, but > an MP3 file, no matter how good it sounds, doesn't have the same value > to me as the actual item -- CD or Vinyl. MP3 files lack a certain > Ding An Sich-ness, or sense of artifact. And no matter how they were > encoded, it's not the original music.

Strangely, I've had a few songs where I preferred the RealAudio encoded version to the final version. Secede's remix of Proem is one good example. But then, I like lo-fi. BTW: Sonic Therapy in 03. CATCH IT! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org