rob187
New Head-Fier
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Sike.
Nobody take that personally, I've been sifting through the forums a lot and seen a lot of posts like that. While I can't tell the difference, I will say that I bet I could with a higher quality, more expensive setup. But I don't have that. So I've been spending the last few hours and days experimenting with Lame MP3.
For my setup, EMU 0404 and Grado 225's. For the music, I mostly used Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone, but also experimented with a little Costello, Springsteen, and Kanye West (wanted to keep it diverse).
I started out with VBR 0-4 and couldn't tell the diff...failed miserably on the ABX tests. I started to worry that maybe I could never tell any difference. So, I went straight to VBR 9 and the quality was so awful it wasn't even worth testing. VBR 8 was slightly better, but I got 10/10 on the ABX. 7 Was tougher, only 8/10. On 6 I got 9/10. Then, on 5, after multiple tests and restarts I couldn't get better than 50% correct. So I figured 5 was fine, but decided to play it safe and started ripping my music at VBR 4.
I only got these toys a few days ago, and thus far the only downside is that all those friggin' mp3's I downloaded off of Limewire sound like Garbage. But I still do have a healthy CD collection, somewhere around 200, guess I'll just have to buy more.
Anyways, just thought you'd all be interested to know how my day went.
BTW After listening to Like A Rolling Stone so much I realized the guitar was quite similar to Rod Stewart's "The First Cut Is The Deepest..." but Rod Stewart wouldn't rip anyone off, would he? (haha, I actually love his music but he does a LOT of covers.)
Nobody take that personally, I've been sifting through the forums a lot and seen a lot of posts like that. While I can't tell the difference, I will say that I bet I could with a higher quality, more expensive setup. But I don't have that. So I've been spending the last few hours and days experimenting with Lame MP3.
For my setup, EMU 0404 and Grado 225's. For the music, I mostly used Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone, but also experimented with a little Costello, Springsteen, and Kanye West (wanted to keep it diverse).
I started out with VBR 0-4 and couldn't tell the diff...failed miserably on the ABX tests. I started to worry that maybe I could never tell any difference. So, I went straight to VBR 9 and the quality was so awful it wasn't even worth testing. VBR 8 was slightly better, but I got 10/10 on the ABX. 7 Was tougher, only 8/10. On 6 I got 9/10. Then, on 5, after multiple tests and restarts I couldn't get better than 50% correct. So I figured 5 was fine, but decided to play it safe and started ripping my music at VBR 4.
I only got these toys a few days ago, and thus far the only downside is that all those friggin' mp3's I downloaded off of Limewire sound like Garbage. But I still do have a healthy CD collection, somewhere around 200, guess I'll just have to buy more.
Anyways, just thought you'd all be interested to know how my day went.
BTW After listening to Like A Rolling Stone so much I realized the guitar was quite similar to Rod Stewart's "The First Cut Is The Deepest..." but Rod Stewart wouldn't rip anyone off, would he? (haha, I actually love his music but he does a LOT of covers.)
