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In Reply to: RE: Going by what I hear. I've ripped CDs to MP3s and found them to be perfectly satisfactory posted by Opus 33 1/3 on September 12, 2020 at 18:29:35
... is what matters.
In my room, on my system, through my ears, MP3s are not "perfectly satisfactory", they give me a headache.
Like you, I prefer vinyl and hi-res digital. But I consider Redbook CD quality adequate for "serious listening", as you put it. Not so for MP3, and I think you agree.
I don't understand why anyone would go to the effort to rip a CD to a resolution that is lower than the source.
. . . in theory, practice and theory are the same; in practice, they are different . . .
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unless you are listening to a very complex piece of classical music with full orchestra, really nicely engineered, very few people can hear the difference, regardless of the system.
Lossless is all very well, but the limitations of 16 BiT and its brick wall filtering make FLAC quite unnecessary in most cases.
I have heard some 320 kbps files not sound great. The software used for making them wasn't listed, but I have never had any issues myself. No background noise, no loss of fidelity.
Naim amps, Tannoy Prestige speakers.
Cambridge CXN, Fiio M11 sources.
Room acoustic treatment. WASP speaker dialing-in.
That hasn't been my experience listening to music on my stereo. In the car or through a portable music player, where there is a fair amount of ambient noise, the 320 kpbs is quite good. But if I want to sit and hear the full measure and subtle nuances of music playback I think lossless files are necessary, even with the limitations of 16bit - 44.1kHz sampling.
Tom
"...very few people can hear the difference, regardless of the system..."
Then I suppose I must be one of the very few.
. . . in theory, practice and theory are the same; in practice, they are different . . .
. . . or higher than the source for that natter.
Opus 33 1/3
> I don't understand why anyone would go to the effort to rip a CD to a resolution that is lower than the source.
I did that once several years ago for my 2012 Toyota Camry, which was limited to MP3 through its USB audio system input. I now own a 2018 Camry and it converts up through 24/192 so I agree with you wholeheartedly. I no longer rip anything to a digital format below 16/44.
Best regards,
John Elison
as the price of digital storage comes down while capacity goes up who could disagree? however, if you're using 'on the go' gear [outside, car, boat] there's nothing wrong with lower rez stuff when quantity of tunes wins over quality as the playback system and milieu will render good as good enough
for myself anyway
be well,
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