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

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Subject: Re: Re(2): Re(2): TI-H: MP3s
From: "Gabe" <Gabeman@Earthling.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 16:49:36 -0400
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Now that would depend HEAVILY on your equipment. Different players can offer
different quality (I hear the NAD engine is supposed to provide more
detailed sound than winamp).

-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 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: Re(2): Re(2): TI-H: MP3s


>
>When you have your 2,000 watt stero in a gym or at a dance, and you turn
>your amps up to about 750watts, when the drums beat and people sing, you
>can hear a slight distortion level.  I think its something like 5%.
>
>>Actually, I was talking to Grant :). I would believe that with top-quality
>>equipment you could hear the difference, but most of us (even audiophiles)
>>won't under normal conditions. Besides, their size and portability greatly
>>outweigh their slight quality deficiancy [sp?].
>>
>>-Gabe
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: David Knaack <dknaack@geocities.com>
>>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>>Date: Thursday, June 04, 1998 4:26 PM
>>Subject: Re: Re(2): Re(2): TI-H: MP3s
>>
>>
>>>
>>>From: Gabe <Gabeman@Earthling.net>
>>>>    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.
>>>
>>>
>>>Was that addressed to me??
>>>
>>>What I said was, on my test equipment (P133, WinAmp, Marantz receiver,
>>>monoblock amps and Snell E5's), MP3's did not sound as good as the
>>>original CD.  'practically cd quality' is NOT CD quality, and I can
>>>hear the
>>>difference in many selections.
>>>
>>>If you MP3 encode a pink noise sample, you can get an idea of what
>>>artifacts you should be listening for.
>>>
>>>I'm no audiophool, I just prefer to have music that has as few errors
>>>as possible, because they do have an impact on the SQ!.
>>>
>>>I would like to do testing with the DAC from a CD player, and I happen
>>>to have two dead CD players, so I have some equipment to test with.
>>>
>>>I don't give a fuck if you can't hear the difference, I CAN (in blind
>>>testing),
>>>so it makes a difference to me.
>>>
>>>DK
>>>
>>>
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