> I agree on that. I've heard and made somepretty bad sounding cds and don't > even get me started on transcoding! Ok I'll shut up now! On Nov 18, 2010, at 10:06, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> wrote:
> CD disks do not necessarily sound better than downloads. > > It depends on how much compression is used and I'm highly skeptical as to > what the human ear can detect anyway. > > I see value in the digital verses analog discussion but not in one digital > verses another. The ear is not nearly as good and the brain is even stranger > when it comes to audio signal processing. > > The whole CD thing is over stated. Remember that the sample rate of a > standard CD is only 44.1 khz meaning that you fall way in to the audio range > and you don't nearly have enough samples per wave. If you like listening to > sawtooth waves that's fine but for musicality not so good. You're way in to > the audio range when you get to that 10 points per wave point and I'm not > convinced that's even enough to accurately represent an analog wave. The > newer higher sample rate recording methods, even with compression in my ear > sound better than old slow bit rate CD but thqt's me. > > > > On Nov 17, 2010, at 10:32 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> lol. Yeah youare one of the very few throw backs. Hehahaha! Just giviing you >> a hard time because I can. >> anyways 99 C is plenty for a track in my opinion and hte quality is just >> fabulious on a regular system. >> >> Take care. >> >> S >> >> On Nov 17, 2010, at 20:26, Michael Thurman <kb7...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I thought that i tunes let you download as many times as you want once you >>> pay for a track... my annoyance is I tunes doesn't have a refresh my >>> library option so if you have paid for tracks it remembers and replaces >>> them if you loose them I shouldn't have to keep track of every track i ave >>> purchased in order to get them back. I also think that 99c a track is still >>> too much, no cheaper to buy an album worth of tracks and I don't even get a >>> disc. real cds still sound better than downloads a home, of course i still >>> enjoy my vinyl collection as well so I'm a throwback >>> of course i still have a 2 channel pioneer system sitting here in front of >>> me pioneer amp bose 2.1 bookshelf speakers, technics turntable ect lol :) >>> >>> On Nov 15, 2010, at 1:32 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: >>> >>>> Ricardo, >>>> >>>> for me its the quality of the compression from the download that is the >>>> issue that keeps me buying CD's. >>>> >>>> When I can get a download at a higher rate, up in the 700kbps range I'll >>>> be happier, and one that let's me download the item within reason as many >>>> times as I like, unlike Apple. >>>> >>>> At this time most downloads are 320kbps or less, often less, and yet I rip >>>> in double this. >>>> >>>> can I hear the difference, not always, but often yes, granted not on my >>>> iPhone headset, but on a good quality home entertainment system, or >>>> keeping with the spirit of the conversation of cars, in the back of my >>>> Merc S Classs yes, it certainly is notable. >>>> >>>> Its essential that the download providers get their act together and up >>>> the quality of the download, and allow me to download my collection say at >>>> least twice a year or so in case I accidently delete something. >>>> >>>> once I can do this I'll switch to downloads only. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 14 Nov 2010, at 07:57, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>>> >>>> Its all ready changing. People aren't buying CDs anymore. I dare you to >>>> find a record store. lol. 15 years ago, they were everywhere. The >>>> majority of people download music. By next year, music albums downloaded, >>>> will pass albums sold in stores. the change is coming. People will cling >>>> to the CD like they clung to the cassette tape. But once people stop >>>> building the hardware to play them, people will have no choice but to move >>>> on. >>>> >>>> Ricardo Walker >>>> rwalker...@gmail.com >>>> Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 >>>> Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Nov 13, 2010, at 4:47 PM, Chenelle Hancock wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> hi, heather, eric, sara and everyone on the list >>>>> I have to say that for over eighteen years or so i have been using cd's >>>>> as my mode of music choice. however, it has only been the past eight >>>>> months or so that i have getting my music through itunes and >>>>> transferring my music library of over 500 cd's to my computer. i still >>>>> have them all though. due to the fact i still infer that technology can >>>>> crash at anytime and you have to have a back up to your back up. if you >>>>> know what i mean. also i have relatives who are still in the age of >>>>> the stereo system/ cd player age. so when we have party's we often use >>>>> someof my cd's to listen to etc... >>>>> i don't think that cd's will go out of date as fast as tape did back in >>>>> the late to mid eighty's and early nineties. despite the fact that i >>>>> have saved some of my music to my external hard drive i have not stored >>>>> all of it as of yet. but i do plann on doing so. >>>>> chenelle >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macv -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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