Freed At Last From Patents, Does Anyone Still Care About MP3?
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Is it definitely the MP3 format at fault here? Was your MP3 from an official source or could it have been from a faulty source or improperly transcoded?
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Sounds fine at good bitrates, universally supported, small, efficient, everywhere.
Yeah, MP3 is just fine. Found zero reason to use any other format. And of course, while the rest of the world streams everything I'll be happily using my massive MP3 library I can fit on a tiny little storage device and take everywhere I go without the need for the interbutts and big brother keeping tabs of what I listen to.
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First people didn't really understand computers, so we taught about them to children - back in late 90's when I was in school, we had a few school years of dedicated computer classes every week.
People then started to assume kids just "know" computers ("digital native" and all that) and we stopped teaching them because hey, they know it already.And now we are suddenly surprised that kids don't know how to use computers.
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Exactly, sometimes you just wanna jam to some mp3's out of an iPod like the good ol days. It's about the
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It was ripped directly from my cd at 320kbps and played on an iPod 5th generation (iPod video).
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I care, because I e been using streaming media fr quite a few years ears and not kept up with an changes
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Could it be the sound system? Most people seem to prefer the convenience of Bluetooth, ubiquitous small speakers, and maybe that’s usually the limiting factor
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No, I don't think you're as asshole at all, and don't doubt you can hear the difference. I just can't, myself. Or at least I've never been able to.
But I also watch DVDs and didn't really notice the resolution, either. (Old TV shows, that I can notice.
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I'd argue you've got that backwards; CD is to vinyl what lossless is to .mp3. That said, I know what you mean.
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I should add that I have a hackish python script for that conversion. It basically mirrors the tree of MP3s and FLAC files, converting the FLACs and hard linking everything else. So it doesn't use too much more disk. Then I copy that to my phone. I could put it up somewhere if it would be useful.
But I don't have as much music as you, either.
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IIRC that era of iPods had issues with their preamps. I remember when I switched from a Nano to a classic that there was noticeable clipping and other distortion where there wasn't before. I would have returned it but I had already sold my Nano...
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I thought so too, but once I got IEMs. The drums felt more organic and I heard parts of guitars that I didn't on mp3.
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Ye, when outdoors in my wireless headphones, I won't even hear the difference.
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Seems to confirm the tendency, except I was thinking about higher-end and more professional systems.
