Re: OT That 'sizzle sound' of Mp3s

[Tony K <bigtonyk@gmail.com>]

I use QCD Media Player.  Which uses the LAME encoder.

www.quinnware.com

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Paul Richards
<paulrichard_rocks@yahoo.com> wrote:
> So, what software do folks use to rip CD's at the high kbps rate that was
> mentioned a few e-mails back?
>
> Paul
>
> --- On Thu, 3/12/09, Miko Biffle <biffoz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Miko Biffle <biffoz@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: OT That 'sizzle sound' of Mp3s
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 3:28 PM
>
> For the most part, vinyl mastering and production esthetics were more
> mid-rangey and compared to modern production a little "honkey" sounding.
> Compression and volume maximization aside, I prefer the broader tonal
> spectrum of modern recordings. I love Hendrix, but most of recordings 
>still
> have that narrower range and less bass, giving the recordings a dated 
>sound.
> MP3's of the same recordings sound dated as well. I understand the 
>basics of
> high end interpolation and sampling, but still, I just don't hear it.
>
> So I have no problem with MP3's and regularly listen to orchestral as 
>well
> as dense, heavy material on two very different and high quality systems.
> Utility is awesome and I just don't hear the difference between "CD 
>Quality
> MP3" and .wav files. I haven't had enough experience with AIFF to 
>compare to
> WAVE and MP3.  Call me insensitive.   -m
> --
> Miko Biffle
> Biffoz@Gmail.com
> "Running scared from all the usual distractions!"
>



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Tony