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Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:21:44 -0700
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RE: [idm] OT: MP3 player-suggestions?
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I know mp3's are of lower quality than cd audio due to compression, but why does converting mp3's back into cd format destroy even more quality? What exactly are you losing? More of the dynamic range? And would it make a difference, say, if you converted mp3s into wav's first, like in Sound Forge, versus letting a burning program like Nero do the conversions for you? I just had never thought about this before. But I suppose it could be similar to digital photography and the more you re-save a file in different formats the more quality you lose (which primarily has to do with each file types compression algorithm, I believe). -----Original Message----- From: cerebral.ap0plexy@gmx.net [mailto:cerebral.ap0plexy@gmx.net] Sent: September 16, 2003 1:32 AM To: idm@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: [idm] OT: MP3 player-suggestions? .....my recommendation is a portable CD player that supports MP3 playing. that way you dont have convert your mp3s (which destroys some more of the little quality left anyway)..... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org