synthbaron wrote:
I know typical DVD encoding is lossy, too, but then again, I don't buy my music
on DVD and never listen to DVDs in headphones.
separation and muddy's the high end, and it's far from indistinguishable. It
might work fine for haystack EQ rock, but it significantly harms music that has
wide dynamic range and wide frequency response (trance, ambient, etc..).
It's definitely there and noticeable. You might not be able to hear it, but it
has a noticeable (negative) effect.
-->Neil
>>"high quality" and "MP3" Do not belong in the same sentence. ICan you buy online DVDs of music only? I didn't think that DVD-Audio was lossy.
> never, ever
>>will buy any sort of online music UNLESS I can download it in a
> lossless
>>DRMless format.
> I hope you don't buy DVD's then.
I know typical DVD encoding is lossy, too, but then again, I don't buy my music
on DVD and never listen to DVDs in headphones.
> Bad MP3 encoding is horrendous, good MP3 encoding isTo the untrained ear, I'd agree. But even at 320kbps, it still narrows the
> indistinguashable from the CD counterpart.
separation and muddy's the high end, and it's far from indistinguishable. It
might work fine for haystack EQ rock, but it significantly harms music that has
wide dynamic range and wide frequency response (trance, ambient, etc..).
It's definitely there and noticeable. You might not be able to hear it, but it
has a noticeable (negative) effect.
-->Neil