I don't have an anti-MicroSoft bias, I just hate Windows Media. I use OGG Vorbis where possible, which my Victor Classic Plus will play, and my only portable player is my Book Port which doesn't support Windows Media. I use FLAC for storage purposes only, so it doesn't matter if a portable unit can decode it or not, and again, my portable can't play Windows Media anyway. Every experience I've had with Windows Media has resulted in a slightly warbly sound with a rather penetrating high end. These are just my personal experiences, and maybe things have improved since I had said experiences.
Bruce -- Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. John 1:12 NIV Bruce Toews E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Radio Show and Podcast: http://www.totw.net Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com On Tue, 4 Jul 2006, Kevin Lloyd wrote: > Hi Bruce. > > The obvious advantages are: > WMA is supported by many players and is probably the next most supported > format to MP3 > WMA supports ID3 tags and so is supported by many software music databases > for managing music collections > WMA can be burned directly to audio CD's because most burning software > programs support direct conversion from WMA to CDDA - I'm not aware of any > that will do this for Flak > WMA sounds damn good - there has been some subjective discussion here on the > comparison between MP3 and WMA, some of which seems very anti-Microsoft > based tripe rather than objective considerations and evidence based. The > fact is that MP3 is the oldest encoding technology around and lacks the > recent development that's been put into more modern encoders such as WMA. > It's true that DRM is a driver for music sites to adopt WMA but you can't > sell crap quality music so it would not make sense for the industry to adopt > a technology that wasn't going to provide the best quality for the best file > size. I've personally done much testing over the past 5 to 6 years and have > switched from MP3 to WMA based on the evidence of playback on my computer, > on my portable player and on my Linn hi-fi. It was painful to rip my > collection all over but I can tell you that the difference in quality is > absolutely apparent and that pain has been rewarded. > > Regards. > > Kevin > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bruce Toews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 4:26 PM > Subject: RE: Windows Media Audio > > > Does WMA Lossless ahve any advantage over FLAC or vice versa? > > Bruce > > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
