Rick, Hydrogen Audio has a full discussion on the joint stereo controversy, including extensive commentary from one of the leading members of the development teams of the technology. With recent Lame codecs, the technology has fully matured and I now rip all my stereo CD's at 256 VBR in joint stereo using Exact Audio copy. Nothing beats EAC at any price. Joint stereo now offers a better listenable sound with the same or smaller file size than CBR. Try ripping a few of your favorite albums with EAC using both and then decide.
Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Harmon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 10:11 PM Subject: ripping audio > Hi everyone, > > I have about 200 cd's that I ripped back in 2003. I didn't know a lot > about ripping audio then and I used a high priced mp3 ripper from Xing > labs called audio cataylist 2.0 . I ripped everything at 160 k bit joint > stereo 44.1 khz sample rate. I'm seriously thinking about re ripping > all the cd's again. I'm considering WMA lossless, or Mp3 at 320 k bit. > Any suggestions? I hear people say do not do joint stereo? What do you > audiophiles out there suggest? Also is Windows media player up to the > task? I know it can do both mp3 and wma lossless formats. > > Thanks, > > Rick > > -- > Visit my webpage and podcast feed at: > http://www.blind-geek-zone.net > and my web Blog at: > http://blind-geek-zone.blogspot.com/ > > Join the BGZ mailing list by sending a blank email message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and reply to the confirmation msg. > > Contact info: > Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] & [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype - rharmon928 > MSN - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
