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| From | Jocelyn Geboy <smussyolay@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Universal Music cuts CD prices (warning: industry rant) |
| Date | Thu, 4 Sep 2003 12:07:50 -0700 (PDT) |
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--- "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com>
wrote:
> >Finally, I'm not the tech head that many others
> here are, but when I
> >download a CD, I want it to sound like a CD, not a
> bunch of MP3s -- can
> >standard DSL or Cable modems allow for that sort of
> quality in a download?
>
> No, having a high bandwith connection wont give you
> better quality - but it
> wont take you 15-to-30 minutes to download the whole
> song either. The closest
> you can get to CD quality from Mp3 is to download
> songs "ripped" at 192 to 320
> kbps. But I have never felt Mp3 at any bitrate gives
> you the same quality as a
> CD - when I A/B'd my encoded Mp3s to the CD or wav
> file I sill feel there's
> something removed from the music.
>
> >>From: Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com>
> >>
> >>I don't have broadband. I don't see myself
> getting broadband in the
> >>foreseeable future. Because I don't NEED
> broadband. 56K is sufficient for
> >>all of my downloading and uploading needs, even
> given my eMusic addiction
> >>(and, because I happen to live all of about six
> blocks away from my ISP, I
> >>actually log on consistently at 54.9K, which is
> about as fast as telephone
> >>lines can transmit info), and I can't think of
> anything on the horizon that
> >>will make me need to download anything faster,
> especially not at $50 to $75
> >>a month when my current ISP only charges $19.89!
>
>~~~~my $.02 (why isn't there a cents sign on the
keyboard?), fwiw --
i have dsl for $29.95/mnth. i can't imagine going back
to dial up...ever. i'm not even that big of a
downloader of music, but for watching flash
movies/effects on websites; sound bites of dusty baker
commenting on what a ripoff that foul ball call was on
moises alou's rip down the third base line was the
other night against the cards, costing them the game;
the archived record release frisbie show on the dcn
network, banter and watching steve frisbie do shots of
olive oil for his aching throat and all; the lightning
speed at which i can access weather.com, m-w.com, and
allmusicguide.com; the ability to refresh my memory
the other day of just what a great song 'see a little
light' IS, -- for this and so much more, i wouldn't
give up my dsl for 50 pounds of swedish fish.
truly, truly i say to thee, dsl and i go together
cause the candy man can.
whoa. sorry. acid flashback.
jocelyn
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