[joomongj]

No Longer The Hunted - James Horner [Apocalypto ost]

 

[priest]

Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of Bewilderbeast
 

 

[ianmedium]

 The Lynne Arriale Trio, It don't mean a thing from the Album Inspiration.
 
Lyle Lovett, Empty blues shoes from the album, Natural Forces.

 

[MantisMU]

Peter Van Hoesen - Variable Parts EP
 

 
He's giving it away in lossless right now. Love the use of the Ba Gua for the EP covers!

 

[the wizard of oz]

Quote:

I was listening to NIN - With Teeth. Then I thought something sounded "off". I checked the bit rate. 
Yep, 192kbps for my pre $$$ spent days. I find it sad that I can hear that subtle of a difference. 

Reminds me of my experience after the last upgrade of my Hi-Fi home set-up, the speakers for my Onkyo Intec 205 series separate components, the D-152E. Before acquiring those I was still using the old 1990's JVC Lo-Fi speakers that came with the previous set-up, and 256kbps Atrac3+ Hi-SP sounded fine to me; I was happy with using Standard MiniDiscs instead of Hi-MD MiniDiscs, since there was enough room on those reformatted in Hi-MD Mode for Hi-SP.
 
Then, while I was listening to my at the time recently acquired box set of Radiohead's In Rainbows, I also found something to sound slightly off. Checked with the original CD, a Hi-MD MiniDisc recorded in 1411kbps PCM and the Standard MiniDisc in 256kbps Hi-SP. Also recorded a MiniDisc in 352kbps Hi-SP for full measure.
Well, guess what: only the 1411kbps PCM on either the Hi-MD or the original CD gave the full sound, three-dimensional imaging that was originally recorded by the band. It wasn't in any way distorted in Hi-SP, just lacked the presence that PCM had.
 
So I sold all my Standard MiniDiscs, even the patiently acquired collector editions with fancy designs, and only bought the 1GB Hi-MD MiniDiscs from then on, since 28 minutes of PCM on a Standard MiniDisc wasn't acceptable.
 
But since the prices of those Hi-MD MiniDiscs have been getting higher and higher, and have discovered the ease of use of an iPod with my girlfriend's 5.5G, I have been looking into the iMod & DIYMod solutions, as unmodified, the SQ of the iPod is another unacceptable situation.
 
I hope to have my 5.5G DIYFlashMod ready soon .
 
 
Now back on topic, I've finally dug out Miles Davis' Bitches Brew and am spinning that.

 

[the wizard of oz]

Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain.

 

[the wizard of oz]

Massive Attack - Mezzanine

 

[pollock5]

 

[rehabitat]

The Young Gods - Everybody Knows
 

 

[9pintube]

"Behind The Sun"--- Eric Clapton......................Original Vinyl Pressing

 

[MoreCowbell]

The Sadies - Darker Circles

 

[DLeeWebb]

 
"Feast Of The Hunter's Moon" - Black Prairie

 

[tru blu]

 
Various artists - Jingle Bell Jazz (side 2; LP)

 

[tim_j_thomas]

Dion - Bonx in Blue

 

[MrQ]

Rip Slyme - Forest (feat. Hirotaka Mori) - Tokyo Classic
 

Teriaki Boyz feat. Pharrell & Busta Rhymes - Zock On (DJ Deckstream Remix) 
 

Rhymester - B-Boyism 
 

DJ Krush - Transitions & Deck-athron with DJ Tatsuki - Jaku
 

Tha Blue Herb - Life Story