[SiriuslyCold]

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Originally Posted by iriverdude /img/forum/go_quote.gif Del *.mp3 /s Del *.aac /s Del *.ogg /s

ROFL!!

some are >=192kbps and fine for portable use!

 

[krmathis]

Welcome aboard!

I found out some 7-8 years ago and it did not annoy me at all. Took quite a while to re-rip every album to FLAC, but definitely worth it.

 

[Al4x]

oh, didnt realise it was 128, that is nasty, i use 220+kbps VBR mp3 or 320kbps CBR mp3

 

[Armaegis]

My threshold for detection is at about 192kbps, although it's highly dependent on the song (some still sound great at 128, some are grainy at 320). Most of the time I'm not on very high end gear though, so I don't care. The rest of the time I'll take my money and go to a concert instead.

 

[SR-71Panorama]

Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

There's no excuse.

 

[necropimp]

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Originally Posted by SR-71Panorama /img/forum/go_quote.gif There's no excuse.

how about "i don't have $85 extra to spend right now"

 

[The-One]

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Originally Posted by necropimp /img/forum/go_quote.gif how about "i don't have $85 extra to spend right now"

pfft, when did that ever stop someone buying something if they wanted it badly enough.

druggies smash a window and nick stuff. the rest of us put it on our cards

 

[Fido2]

It's not annoying it's just truth. When you see the truth you can either hide your head in the sand and make up excuses or adapt accordingly. I prefer the latter.

But yes you can still just enjoy the music on any system IMO, but, in this case, once you've seen the light it will involve a bit of ..uuhh mental "filtering"

 

[ear8dmg]

Years ago I did listening tests and decided I was happy with 192kb/s mp3. A few hardware upgrades later and it turns out that was a bad idea.

Given that hard drive space is so cheap now, file converting to lower bitrates for portable use is quick, I don't know why people bother with anything but lossless.

 

[ronnielee54]

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Originally Posted by ear8dmg /img/forum/go_quote.gif Years ago I did listening tests and decided I was happy with 192kb/s mp3. A few hardware upgrades later and it turns out that was a bad idea. Given that hard drive space is so cheap now, file converting to lower bitrates for portable use is quick, I don't know why people bother with anything but lossless.

I have around 7000 224kb/s AAC's. To me it is not worth the effort to start over. I enjoy listening to them and that is all that matters to me.