MP-3 users, don't you regret going into "audiphile" relams ?

[Scott549]

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Originally Posted by ls206 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I rip my music from CDs as .wav files, does lossless and flac not undergo some compression?? With 1TB hard-drives getting cheaper there is no excuse for mp3s!! thumbs up to apple for allowing .wav/lossless files on their iPods

Well, I would consider it an "excuse" if you can't fit all your music onto your iPod in lossless format. It does seem that mp3's will eventually be obsolete, though.

 

[krmathis]

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Originally Posted by ls206 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I rip my music from CDs as .wav files, does lossless and flac not undergo some compression??

Lossless codec (like ALAC, FLAC, WavPack, ...) indeed use compression. lossless compression just like Zip, Rar, 7z, ...

 

[Libertad]

sadly yes i do

 

[Al4x]

most of my music is at 192 to 320kbps mp3

most is still downloaded, naughtily, and i still will to sample, only music i like gets kept and then bought, the bits i doont like get deleted as otherwise its space waste

wont use lossless until laptop drives that are tb size are the same cost as 320gb, [ie under £100] and as of now they arent even availible

 

[dakkar]

Were do you buy in FLAC format? I stopped buying CD's a while back...

 

[Oya?]

Pre-Head-Fi I didn't know or care what bitrates my MP3/AACs were in. Post-Head-Fi I went through that common 'omg lossless rules' phase where I got obsessed with stuffing my iPod only with lossless. Now it's got only VBR V0 and 320 kbps files.

I'm a bit more anal now about finding well encoded/lossless music online. There's a lot of fake 320 kbps MP3s floating around for example; assuming good faith, uploaders probably just don't realize turning 128 kbps etc. into 320 kbps is a no-no. Nevertheless, thieves don't get to complain.

Good for my growing CD collection. Bad for my wallet. No regrets, definitely.

 

[Golden Monkey]

For me, I regret that the majority of my collection of 800 or so CDs and my entire 40K track mp3 library sound like crap now. Most CDs sounded fine, but I have some going back to the early years that I THOUGHT sounded great, only to sound like...ugh...

It really bugs me how most commercial recording and mastering is so poor. Not everything, mind you, and yes, it has gotten better over time, but still...

And back when I used to think "CD quality" settings (128k) when encoding mp3 meant just that, and I ripped a billion CDs (twice - once I lost a hard drive and had to start all over)...don't even get me started, lol...

 

[ILikeMusic]

WHEN will people stop using 'MP3' like it's some kind of generic term? 'MP3' at lower bitrates from an old encoder... probably not adequate for audiophile listening. 'MP3' at high bitrates from a modern encoder... virtually transparent to the source, and often even superior to lossless formats since the file is smaller, better battery life, universal support, etc., with no loss in SQ.

The term 'MP3' alone is useless.

 

[uraflit]

i started getting higher bitrate MP3s since a year or two after MP3s became popular... i guess i heard the difference between CD and the MP3 counterpart and heard the difference on creative speakers (!)

i dl'ed only 192 or higher, and boy, am i happy that i did that now i'm here at headfi. they are actually listenable! =D

and for the previous comments on modern MP3 encoders being great... i can't tell between -v2 LAME MP3s and FLAC... =D

 

[MD1032]

Encode your music at a higher bitrate, get a good DAC, and you WILL have a high-fidelity setup, no matter what anyone tells you. The DAC1 is living proof that digital music, when properly processed, is easily one of the highest-fidelity mediums ever created.

[size=xx-small]Todd the Vinyl Junkie unfortunately demonstrated to me that vinyl is the best at one meet, which scarred me for life.[/size]

 

[panda]

i listen to streaming radio (pandora.com) straight out of the laptop with ety er-4s while i am out of the house and still enjoy it despite the lack of a good source. i think it's equivilent of 128k mp3?

just because you move up a few levels doesn't mean you can't enjoy the former...

 

[equinox_zero]

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With lossless there are no really "better" codec. They are all lossless (as the names say) and have about the same features. Different amount of hardware/software support though, which should be the main reason picking one over another.

With lossless, the choice between one format and another is the encoding speed when ripping the CD. Or so I heard

 

[erotisches]

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Originally Posted by TheMarchingMule /img/forum/go_quote.gif FLAC is easy to find, if you know where to look.

shed some light please
shed it on the pm box would be nice

 

[dakkar]

Any online store selling in lossless and DRM free formats?

 

[rgoodnight]

Only the wallet has regrets