HI..I HAVE BEEN A SILENT PARTICIPANT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS..AND NOW..I FEEL THE NEED TO PARTICIPATE ..DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINS I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO POST ANY MESSAGES..BUT HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE MESSAGES ATLEAST ONCE A WEEK..I AM AS CRAZY ABOUT ARR'S MUSIC AS ANY OTHER FAN HERE AND WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO LISTEN TO THE HIGH QUALITY SONGS NO MATTER HOW MUCH HARD DISK SPACE IT TAKES..DURING MY LAST VACATION I WAS TRYING TO DO FOR MYSELF THESE HIGH QUALITY TRANSFERS BUT I WAS NOT SURE IF I GOT IT RIGHT..THOUGH I BURNED A COUPLE OF CD'S..IF YOU COULD HELP ME AND TELL ME HOW TO DO IT I WOULD BE GRATEFUL OR ELSE ATLEAST UPLOAD THEM AND SHARE THEM..LONG LIVE ARR AND HIS MUSIC...BYE.
--- In [email protected], "s_sundarr_2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > please, share it! > > am a Big Fan of Option B... > > quality is more mp than qty. :) > > cheers > > --- In [email protected], "kaissiom" <kaissiom@> wrote: > > > > Hello Rahmaniacs, > > > > It was a couple of years back that I accidentally or unintentionally > > came across a method of fetching *voiceless* BGMs. And > > co-incidentally, at around the same time our dear friend AJ (where are > > you AJ?) also discovered another way of doing the same thing. It was > > music to the ears and treat for the fans. We've come a long way > > since, many other wonderful people in the group have joined the BGM > > frenzy since. I admit, I have become selfish enough to keep the newer > > BGMs to myself for quite some time now, but there are multiple reasons > > for that, which could be the subject of a whole another topic. But > > this time around, it's another breakthrough, DVD-Quality music. > > > > In my personal opinion, in this "i-pod" age, there are 3 types of > > music listeners in general: > > A) People that are size conscious (due to the limitations of the > > hard-drive on their i-pod/computer) > > > > B) People that are quality conscious (want the best quality regardless > > of size) > > > > C) People that are neither type-A nor type-B and basically have no > > preference and could care less about the technical details. > > > > Well, I happen to be a hardcore type-B person. And if you happen to > > be type-B, carry on reading, and if you are not type-B, but still > > interested, you are also welcome. > > > > I could care less about the size on my hard-drive, as long as I can > > grab hold of the highest quality Rahman music out there. It is a > > pretty straight forward logic, as the size of the song goes down, the > > quality goes down. Although, the 5 MB, 128 kpbs song sounds great and > > you can't tell the difference on your ipod, the difference becomes > > quite noticeable on a hi-fi system or when playing the music on loud > > volume. I personally store Rahman's music at the highest quality on > > my computer or my "ipod" (I actually don't like ipods, I have a > > Creative Zen M, if you want quality, I would recommend Creative). The > > huge file sizes do reduce the number of songs I can have, but going > > with a bigger HD takes care of that problem. > > > > So, in my pursuit of "high quality" Rahman music, I had yet another > > breakthrough� DVD-Quality music. I have been quietly, one at a time, > > ripping DVD music of all of my Rahman DVDs. Let's not forget that we > > already have the highest-quality audio available in the market for > > these movies in form of original Audio CDs. But the DVD audio I'm > > ripping is unarguably superior. I now have 3 x each of Rahman's > > songs. 1) in highest quality mp3 format, 2) in Audio CD format, 3) in > > DVD music format. Yes, call me a Rah-maniac, when I said I'm a > > hardcore type-B person, I meant it. > > > > Just based on simple logic of relation between file size and quality > > here's how they stack up: Example, Chotti si Aasha from Roja, run > > time: Approximately 5 minutes. > > > > 1) Highest quality mp3 format, 320 kbps: > > File Size(approx.): 11.3 MB > > > > 2) Audio CD, wav format: > > File Size(approx.): 48.3 MB > > > > 3) DVD-Quality audio, wma format: > > File Size(approx.): 81.2 MB > > > > Well, does it really make a difference? You have to listen to it to > > believe it. You can hear all the minute details and all instruments > > in back quite clearly. The highs are sharper and the basses are > > lower. I mean I could talk all about it, but unless you hear it, you > > won't know. > > > > Well, assuming that we are all Rahman fans on this group, and assuming > > that all of the "fans" should at least have Roja in their collection, > > I'm hesitantly willing to sharing ONE song from Roja in DVD quality. > > Why you may ask? Because I would hate to keep the gem to myself. It > > is an experience every fan should experience. I can not describe it > > in words...the joy of listening to Roja, Chor Chor, Bombay, Sapnay, > > Duet, etc. in DVD Quality music. > > > > What triggered my quest for this High-quality sound was that one post > > on this group, where someone posted a Thiruda Thiruda song and claimed > > it was DVD audio. I got excited, downloaded it, listened to it and I > > could swear it can not be DVD quality audio, because the sound on the > > Audio CD was definitely better. That was it! I decided to find out > > what DVD quality audio would really sound like. I'm actually very > > happy with my discovery, although it means more hard-drive space. But > > I know sooner or later someone in this group will post more of these, > > just like the BGMs. > > > > The other beauty of this DVD-quality music is that it is in wma format > > and can be burned on to a regular CD and played on any system that > > plays burned CDs. Essentially, you burned CD will have the version of > > the song that is better(quality) than the version on original CD. I > > recommend you burn this song and listen to it in a hi-fi system if > > possible or using a decent pair of headphones (B&O, Sennheiser, Bose, > > SHURE) And if you can't listen to it on a hi-fi system now, you could > > probably keep it for future use. > > > > But before I post anything, I was not even sure if anyone would > > actually be interested in this high-quality audio. I mean I truly > > don't know if people care about quality or size for that matter or is > > it just me? Why post something and waste bandwidth if people don't > > really care? So, I thought.. what better way to find out than to ask > > the group itself? > > > > So, if you are interested in this song at all, reply to this post or > > reply to my email. > > > > WARNING: (From my own experience) Negative side-effects of listening > > to high-quality audio sound for prolonged period of time include but > > are not limited to: increased craving of high quality audio, dislike > > or even deletion of your mp3 file library, and last but not the > > least.. pure indulgence. You have been warned!! > > > > I love Rahman. > > > > *NOTE: (for the audio-junkies) > > The audio I'm referring to is DVD-quality audio, not to be confused > > with DVD-Audio. It is not in 5.1 Sorround Sound. It is high- quality > > Stereo Audio with R/L programming. Having 5.1 SS programming would > > mean you would have to burn it on a DVD. But I rip it using 2.1 > > setting, so it is in Stereo .wma format and can be burned onto a blank > > CD, because the CD-muic burning logic only considers *time* while > > burning and not size. More questions? Feel free to contact me, I love > > to share the joy :) > > >
