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

[tintin47]

You're right. My bad. I misread some info before my last post. I went back an looked at it again and it indeed confirmed what you said.

 

[Xiaoxin]

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Originally Posted by Steggy /img/forum/go_quote.gif simple. download flac and 320kbps. I plan on purchasing a 160 gig ipod for the sole purposes of 320kbps+ music. 30 gigs is too small man.

He's right.

 

[lucky]

Nope. I have many of my favorite albums in lossless, but I still listen almost exclusively to V0+ mp3s, simply due to convenience.

 

[mbd2884]

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Originally Posted by HeadLover /img/forum/go_quote.gif The more I use quality stuff like good headphones, amp, dac, and so on, the more I can't bear (my ears) the sound of the computer using mp3, even when it come to 192+ MP3 with VBR and so on So Does the same goes for you? Don't you think sometimes to yourself - "damn, were was the days when I could just download (legal of curse) a 4mb file with the new song you just heard on the radio and listen to it ? It seem that the more you go into the more high end systems, the more the source become important and using just a plaing simple mp3, just don't do it Just my 0.5 cent, hope to hear yours about the topic

This thread just smells of so much poo slinging, it's a hilarious read. Threads like these are what I love most about Head-Fi.

 

[asmd]

my first (personal) audio device with headphone or should i say earphone was one of those 2 AA cell am/fm radio jobs with pull out antenna and am/fm scale, tiny monoaural speaker that in retrospect did and awesome job of providing vocal clarity and a earphone out that connected to an "earphone", the sort that used a flat metal disc as the driver (i dont recall what they're called), and i marvelled at it. yeah, the denon turntable/amp was good, but sure didnt fit in my pocket, heck the pair of HK floorstanders wouldnt even fit in the trunk of dads automobile. and most importantly, this was mine, my little space of what the heck ever i wanted to listen to.

high fidilety then was open reel or vinyl. the upstart 8 track came and simplifed things at the expense of everything that was held dear. it was the start of the end right there... the compact cassette then came along and made things worse. cheap tape heads wore out easily, new and innovative uses were found for nail polish remover, and still we strived to squeeze the best out of a format that was really outclassed by what was there before it. boy.. we sure "knew" what we were doing.. going "backwards" along. then came the digital age and you think, thats it, full circle. its not going to get better than this.. and then it dawns upon you just after lunch, last tuesday.. for the common man with the average little portable device with the crappy little stereo earbuds... nothing much has changed. although improved (at least its stereo and not as tinny), its still as compressed as my little am/fm radio. admittedly, on the home front, there has been an improvement.. i am overly generalising.

but when i think about it sometimes.... i do miss listening to it more than listening at it.

i did not read through the thread, except for the early posts, so i may have meandered in and out of topic, but to the original question, do i regret it, i dont think i had a choice. there was no option not to go down this road. its just the next installment of a play in motion.

its a beautiful friday evening boys and girls, cheers.

 

[fjrabon]

I've never met anyone who can tell the difference between a well encoded (LAME) mp3, AAC, etc with bit-rates over 300kbps. And I've met a lot of people who do sound for a living (I do it part-time). Since LAME refined their psycho-acoustic models in like 2003? I really have doubts that anybody can do it with more than 60% accuracy.

I was once actually talking to Derek Trucks about this. He has probably the most amazing ears of anyone I've ever met. The guy can not only tell the difference between cables blind, but he can often identify the brand. He said I can't tell the difference after about 192 kbps LAME.

 

[Burninate35]

I only regret it a little. I have to think about the fact that If I had all of my music in lossless than I would not be able to bring it all with me all of the time. So what I am doing now is switching out some of my favorite albums with lossless and putting them into a play list for when I feel like treating myself to some nice lossless music/show off my setup haha

 

[Aiyo]

Half my music was either FLAC or 320k while the rest below that. It annoyed the hell out of me! The songs that were below 320 sounded like absolute crap. Once you hear heaven, you will always want it :3