Re: Re(2): Re(2): TI-H: MP3s


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Re: Re(2): Re(2): TI-H: MP3s




Cept for one teency weency little thing. Sound cards have to convert those
0's and 1's to sound. Unfortunately, some of them don't do a good job of
it, and sound bad.

On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Gabe wrote:

> 
>     You lost me. No offense, but I wonder if you know what you're talking
> about. All a CD is is a bunch of 1's and 0's which sound exactly the same if
> played via the cd-rom drive or directly off your hd in wav form. Mp3's are
> merely compressed versions of these wavs which are then decompressed in real
> time (or buffered depending on your decoder settings) and played via your
> wav stream on your sound card. I'm not too knowledgable about sound cards,
> but I know this is true, and mp3s should sound the same on any sound card
> that can play 16-bit+ wav's.
> 
> -Gabe
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
> To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
> Date: Thursday, June 04, 1998 4:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Re(2): Re(2): TI-H: MP3s
> 
> 
> >
> >If you want good sound, what ever sound card you have, you need to get the
> >Intermetal stero DAC which is made to interface to DVD, CD, amd MPEG
> >bitstreams.  The DAC on your sound card is made to interface to a computer.
> >They use different bitstreams, and sound different.
> >
> >>    What the hell are you babbling about? Don't try to make yourself look
> >>like an 'eleet' audiophile. mp3's sound practically cd quality at
> 128k/44.1
> >>if they are encoded correctly.
> >>
> >>-Gabe
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
> >>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
> >>Date: Wednesday, June 03, 1998 5:47 PM
> >>Subject: Re: Re(2): Re(2): TI-H: MP3s
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>>>>and most of all, you can hardly reliaze any decrease in quality!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>I can hear it on my speakers, and on my cousins Marantz and Snell
> >>>>equipment it is obvious (still sounds pretty good, but not nearly as
> >>>>nice as the CD).
> >>>
> >>>Tell them to either get a new sound card or something like that.  MP3s
> >>>sound horrible unless you buy a specialized DAC card.  NOT a Sound
> blaster
> >>>or something liek that...
> >>>
> >>>Actually, 150 CDs would only take 8,125MB.
> >>>
> >>>>I'm all for more compact storage, my entire CD collection (~150)
> >>>>would fit into just about 10GB if MP3 encoded.  Drop a bunch of the
> >>>>songs I don't like and I could fit it all onto one 9GB drive.
> >>>>If I had an extra monitor and sound card, I'd consider setting up my
> >>>>extra computer to replace my CD player.  But I don't, so I don't
> >>>>bother collecting MP3's. (I do have an 800mb graphics library tho...:)
> >>>>
> >>>>DK
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
> >
> 


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