Why FLAC is better.
Nov 5, 2009 at 2:43 PM Post #92 of 176
Thanks everyone for the imaginative and funny posts and the laughs.
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Nov 5, 2009 at 11:42 PM Post #93 of 176
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Originally Posted by Steve999 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
First of all you too are well known among math gangs and other street math circles. Everyone knows that every time anyone asks a question you feel compelled to say that the solution involves a RAID array and not dipping things into volcanic pools. It gets old.


What are you talking about?
 
Nov 6, 2009 at 7:58 AM Post #94 of 176
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Originally Posted by xnor /img/forum/go_quote.gif
What are you talking about?


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Nov 6, 2009 at 1:48 PM Post #95 of 176
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Originally Posted by markop2003 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
The data lasts forever but the hardware does not. If you really love your music keep it on a RAID array then when one drive fails you've still got the data on the other. Also optical disks can corrode over long periods of time but unless you're dipping them into volcanic pools they should outlast you.


My only serious post in this thread...

I disagree with this statement. I've had CD fail well before I have.

The manufacturers originally raved on about CDs lasting for a hundred years. I believe that estimate has been revised downwards several times over the years. DVDs, apparently, are even worse.
 
Nov 6, 2009 at 3:49 PM Post #96 of 176
The problem is your ears, you lose 32 bits of hearing cells per minute, so it is really the ear that loses over time.
 
Nov 6, 2009 at 6:21 PM Post #97 of 176
But as long as you lose 32 bits of hair cells per minute as well, your increasing baldness will improve your cranial acoustics such that won't be able to hear the music degrade.
 
Nov 6, 2009 at 9:34 PM Post #98 of 176
Surprised to see this thread still kicking...

I guess I'm the only one who finds that their digital files only get better with age. Specifically if unopened and unmodified. Around 10 years ago I converted all of my albums to MP3 files and left them sitting on 3 separate hard disks and put them in a box in the closet. They have since been transported with me around a thousand miles on a move, but were well taken care of.

I finally cracked one a few weeks ago. I was sure to let it sit open for a bit to decant before plugging it in and firing up a music player. The tannins usually affiliated with lossy digital files were completely gone. The Bouquet of sounds coming from these files are truly complex and full-bodied. I'm almost convinced 10 years was enough to reach full maturity, but I'll be sure to update again 10 years from now when I crack open the second drive.
 
Nov 7, 2009 at 3:02 AM Post #99 of 176
Once the data is recorded by the drive it will remain exactly the same unless a 0 or 1 gets changed. This can be tested by looking at the checksums for the file. If the checksum is the same the file has not changed.

What is the point of this thread is it just a big satire on snake oil?
 
Nov 7, 2009 at 3:14 AM Post #100 of 176
It's a troll. That's why. LOL Read the very first post.
 
Nov 7, 2009 at 6:53 AM Post #101 of 176
Actually that is what I was referring to. I was reading it and then noticed that my IQ seemed to be plummeting. At the end I was so confused that I made the last post and then went off to have my IQ tested. I have now returned and found that it fell 130 points to what is now a -2. I demand to know why my brain needed to be turned into delicious pudding.
 
Nov 7, 2009 at 7:11 AM Post #102 of 176
LOL You should understand after watching the new Suzumiya Haruhi arc, which I assume you have.
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The feeling is just like that.
 
Nov 8, 2009 at 1:38 AM Post #103 of 176
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Originally Posted by krmathis /img/forum/go_quote.gif
What happens 10-15 years down the road when those MP3 files are down to 0kbp but keep on loosing 12kbps each year? Will it start eating 12kbps of your video clips or like?
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Nah, when it goes negative, all your music starts sounding like Creed.
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Also, I heard that sticking your hard drive in the Large Hadron Collider gets you 20kbps back every five minutes.
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Nov 10, 2009 at 11:35 AM Post #105 of 176
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Originally Posted by Shark_Jump /img/forum/go_quote.gif
When the MP3 data is disappearing does it reduce the bit rate or the bit depth?

What would be the best way of checking the thickness of your CD's for bit depth?


You will need to use a Michelson interferometer while spinning the CD on its axis to detect the tension of the bits. Higher bit tension indicates lower bit depth, and this can be detected using the thickness of the CD by the interferometer.

This is one reason why 32bit sound has not been embraced by industry - the high bit depth causes the bits to be stacked too high and they can collapse under load. This is similar to why CD drives maxed out at 52x speed. Any higher rotational speed and the bit rate cannot keep the CD intact, this causing the CD to disintegrate as proved by Youtube videos. Youtube videos cannot be argued with.
 
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