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Originally Posted by extremelydodgy Oooh, get a load of him!  Nose so high up in the air I'm surprised he can breathe
An MP3 at high bitrates is capable of giving any audio system a decent workout - even though yes it's not quite as good as the original. Those who say otherwise don't own the decent stuff and have little experience with computer-based audio. |
I'm glad you put the "

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Parge : I shouldn't have been quite as blunt. Sorry.
I read my comments back the next day and cringed. This has been the first time I've had the courage to pop back and look since then and frankly am grateful I was let off so lightly.
I have a big "post it note" on my computer now that says do not post after a mega long day and when tired and had a drink.
Today, quite sober. But still confess I hate compressed audio and with a few others try to campaign for good sound. Yes it can sound reasonable and has a purpose, but still shows its weaknesses on a good system. Sadly when adopting audio formats the audio industry has a long history of taking the path of the lowest common denominator.
I'm fortunate in that I work with some of the best equipment available, and now can reliably tell you what codec has been used when playing back different audio formats, I am so familiar with the different sounds of compressed audio.
I did mention that I was an audio purist and so you know which direction I'm coming from I have always thought that CD was seriously flawed too (and, no, I'm not an analogue junkie). What a mistake to limit its top end frequency to 20kHz.
Anyway, to Parge. Good hunting. Try before you buy. If you do any listening on 'phones make sure you get the best you can afford, that sound good, and don't induce distortion at louder levels. (You want to still be able to listen to music when you are my age..........just south of ancient!)
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