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Sun, 10 Aug 1997 18:17:39 -0700
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(idm) Re: mp3 vs. real audio
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At 05:22 PM 8/9/97 -0700, john/bergmayer wrote:
quoted 10 lines Also, consider doing mp3 format instead of ra. It is much easier to> >> Also, consider doing mp3 format instead of ra. It is much easier to >> convert that format into something useable like wav than ra. And mp3 is >> better to. > >you are absolutely 100% correct. but i think you should all use .ra >anyway. > >for one, it has low sound quality. no one should be able to go and master >a cd off of files they get off the net.
I disagree. Real audio is fine for material that is available and can be purchased to get a taste of it, but for material that is unavailable use .mp3. Not that I don't appreciate hearing AB5 in real audio-it was nice to hear and appreciated, but .mp3 would have been preferrable. T.