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| From | Michael vg <govango@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: wait a sec - iPod question |
| Date | Mon, 15 May 2006 09:25:10 -0700 (PDT) |
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--- Josh Chasin <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> You can do this, but you pay a quality price. MP3s at 128k have about 10%
> of the data of a CD quality .wav file. MP3 compression is a "lossy" format;
> you lose data and fidelity. Burning an MP3 to disc and extracting it as an
> MP3 adds another quality loss; an MP3 of an MP3 is like a tape of a tape;
> each generation sounds worse than the one before.
I am a music lover, not an audiophile. I cannot really tell
the difference, nor do I care about it when I am listening
to it on a pair of headphones, while out walking or in my
office.
I understand what you are saying and respect your opinion,
I just don't understand why an MP3 discussion can never be had
without someone bringing up the lossy format argument.
michael
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