[fappar]

the only arguement i have ever heard in favor of eac is the error checking... but cdex has this!!!


anyway, any other reasons why it is prefered?
im soo confused.....





ogg is awesome, but i will convert everything to lame if i ever feel like getting an mp3 player. its quite inferior to ogg, though.

 

[blessingx]

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Originally posted by fappar ogg is awesome, but i will convert everything to lame if i ever feel like getting an mp3 player. its quite inferior to ogg, though.

MP3 is inferior to OGG at certain bitrates, but not all. I'd be careful tossing around generalities 'cause they get copied and then newbies believe it's true. MP3 at it's top end will beat OGG easily. Reports are that it also does the same with ACC. Each format has their sweet spot. Between the three if you want the absolutely best sounding files, it's still LAME MP3. Course there are still other options like MPC.

 

[fappar]

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Originally posted by blessingx MP3 is inferior to OGG at certain bitrates, but not all. I'd be careful tossing around generalities 'cause they get copied and then newbies believe it's true. MP3 at it's top end will beat OGG easily. Reports are that it also does the same with ACC. Each format has their sweet spot. Between the three if you want the absolutely best sounding files, it's still LAME MP3. Course there are still other options like MPC.

dare i bring the lossless formats into this?

 

[Lisa]

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Originally posted by fappar the only arguement i have ever heard in favor of eac is the error checking... but cdex has this!!!

Do you mean that 'jitter correction' thing or is that something else?



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anyway, any other reasons why it is prefered? im soo confused.....

As you can see, so am I, even more I guess! Just a newbie to ripping quality files myself.

 

[Dweebgal]

do we really need to talk about anything other than mp3/aac if this guy is gonna be using an ipod?

ogg et al are all very well and good, but useless with no hardware support (for the time being anyways) IMO.

i personally think cdex is better than eac, although i have both.

i only need error correction on certain cds, cos i treat my cds very well. (apart from a few that got taken on holiday a few years back, cds+sand, not a good idea...although they still play strangely enough) so i don't need the enhanced error correction of eac.

i find cdex faster than eac

 

[fappar]

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Originally posted by Lisa Do you mean that 'jitter correction' thing or is that something else? As you can see, so am I, even more I guess! Just a newbie to ripping quality files myself.

yeah, something like that. whatever it is, it will make numerous passes over a bad sector. its the same as paranoia in CDeX

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Originally posted by Dweebgal do we really need to talk about anything other than mp3/aac if this guy is gonna be using an ipod? ogg et al are all very well and good, but useless with no hardware support (for the time being anyways) IMO. i personally think cdex is better than eac, although i have both. i only need error correction on certain cds, cos i treat my cds very well. (apart from a few that got taken on holiday a few years back, cds+sand, not a good idea...although they still play strangely enough) so i don't need the enhanced error correction of eac. i find cdex faster than eac

damn you and your feminine logic!!!


ogg support? two words: Rio Pearl (MUST BUY!!!)

 

[Dweebgal]

i'm quite happy with aac support myself.

i never saw the appeal with ogg

i know better sound at lower bitrates, but it's taken me forever to fill up 10gigs with high bitrate mp3s.

i'd be here forever with ogg