MP3's really stink

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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,306
    What does matter is that I have some gear that will expose it and some that won't
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,981
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    What does matter is that I have some gear that will expose it and some that won't

    I have underwear I feel the same about. ;)
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,306
    K_M wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    steveinaz wrote: »
    If you can find the video on youtube, sound engineers take an MP3 encoded song, then "null" out the original material with the uncompressed master; then they playback the HASH that is left over from the MP3 compression artifacts. Watch that video once, and you'll never utter "MP3" again.

    This, perhaps?

    https://news.virginia.edu/content/lost-and-found-uva-grad-student-discovers-ghosts-mp3
    http://theghostinthemp3.com/

    That is cool, but one big variable missing. What MP3 Bit rate was used?

    No different than the variable of the link you posted where we could not rip and listen through nothing else than our PC
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  • K_M
    K_M Posts: 1,629
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    K_M wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    steveinaz wrote: »
    If you can find the video on youtube, sound engineers take an MP3 encoded song, then "null" out the original material with the uncompressed master; then they playback the HASH that is left over from the MP3 compression artifacts. Watch that video once, and you'll never utter "MP3" again.

    This, perhaps?

    https://news.virginia.edu/content/lost-and-found-uva-grad-student-discovers-ghosts-mp3
    http://theghostinthemp3.com/

    That is cool, but one big variable missing. What MP3 Bit rate was used?

    No different than the variable of the link you posted where we could not rip and listen through nothing else than our PC

    Hhaha.....so true!
    We are beating a dead horse anyways.
    On to something more exciting....deal?
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,905
    tonyb wrote: »
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    What does matter is that I have some gear that will expose it and some that won't

    I have underwear I feel the same about. ;)

    Signature line material right there...
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited March 2016
    The BIG question is, with HDD space so cheap...WHY would you? It just doesn't make any sense; especially with lossless compression methods.

    I suspect....and I'm just spit ballin' here....that many people have huge libraries they assembled years ago of MP3's, and are now trying to justify their existence. Hey, I get it; There's nothing more boring than sitting around all day ripping CD's...I feel you. I hated doing mine, and my collection is VERY modest compared to many people here (about 400 CD's); but I hate distorted, raspy, lifeless music even more so--especially considering the money I've spent to reproduce it accurately.
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  • mikeyb128
    mikeyb128 Posts: 2,885
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  • StantonZ
    StantonZ Posts: 444
    Wait: is that a picture of someone beating...a dead horse?! :p
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