[Moontan13]

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Originally Posted by obobskivich /img/forum/go_quote.gif just out of curiosity, was it limited to 128kbps due to its ability, or simply due to storage capacity?

Storage capacity. Initially it had only 256mb, later I added a 1gb SD card. I started out with 64k files, the re-ripped to 128k when i got the SD card.

 

[csommers]

All depends on how it was encoded, but generally yes.

 

[mofonyx]

No, I will always feel like I'm missing out.

If I find something I like, I would hunt the CD down, rip it lossless and listen to it then.

 

[oldschool]

I listen with my ER4Ps on my iPod at 256kbps AAC and I find the sound quite satisfactory.

 

[theBigD]

properly recorded and mastered music with decent compression still sounds very good and even better with good headphones and proper amplification.

 

[charonme]

I can't DBT a v2 vs. flac so I'm comfortable with lossy. Also, a lot of what I listen to is inherently "loq", eg. Boards Of Canada etc.

 

[stayfrosty]

I picked no, but i don't consider 320kbps really lossy but anything less than that is less enjoyable. 128kbs = no

 

[genclaymore]

All of my music is lossy Flac,the only time when I use them as mp3s are when I gonna use one of them as my cellphone ring tone.

 

[doping panda]

Definitely, yes. My gear isn't good enough to tell the difference between lossy and lossless anyways, so it really doesn't matter. Still can't really enjoy 128k MP3s though.

 

[nuclearpoweredpenguin]

I chose no. I find myself starting to try to hard to listen to see if I can hear what I maybe missing instead of just enjoying what I'm listening to. I also hook my itouch up to a secondary stereo system I use when working out and just hate the sound of lossy formats through the speakers.

I have 3 TB's of storage so I keep all my music in both flac and apple lossless and just add it to itouch as needed, and don't worry about how much I can fit on it.

 

[progo]

Of course. When I got my ECD1 I listened to some good old albums encoded at 128 kbps mp3 with my Staxes. It didn't sound bad. Not at all!

 

[abellaw]

i would have to say yes. Most of the time i cant tell the difference between the two. i prefer the lossless over the lossy but i can enjoy both with my setup

 

[munchzilla]

256kbps mp3 is my minimum, can't really stand lower than that when I really listen to the music.

 

[MoodySteve]

I try very hard to enforce a minimum 192 kbps rule, and i encode everything i rip myself to FLAC and V0 (HDD space is cheap).

But I can't lie - I'm quite capable of enjoying a 128 kbps MP3 on nice headphones. Music is music, after all.

 

[Chri5peed]

My D2/ESW9s has V0 mp3s and it almost equals whats in my sig w/650s.