Subj : Re: 3d printing
To   : Zombie Mambo
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Sep 20 2019 03:52 pm

 Re: Re: 3d printing
 By: Zombie Mambo to Nightfox on Fri Sep 20 2019 02:50 pm

ZM> I feel like I can hear the difference. Always did even back when cd's
ZM> first came out. There are for sure better/higher quality formats now. But
ZM> you get into streaming issues with the size differences. Satellite radio
ZM> is one industry that streams low-quality. I don't know what format they
ZM> use, but it sux.
ZM> I bet there's a higher tier service you can pay for that is lossless or at
ZM> least better. But it seems like im listening to a 128k mp3 when i listen
ZM> to Sirius. When i flip to a CD or FM it's like night and day difference.

ZM> So i canceled my subscription.

I stream music occasionally, but not a whole lot.  Mostly I tend to play music from my own collection.

ZM> FLAC is an excellent format.
ZM> I won't rip songs to mp3 and I won't download music if its under 320kbps
ZM> because like you said, you can notice it.

I like to rip to FLAC, and I keep the FLAC files around, but I tend to convert to MP3 to play on my devices since the MP3s are smaller.  I started using variable-bitrate MP3 (about 96kbit to 320) a few years ago.  It sounds pretty good to me.

ZM> Funny, audiophiles seem to swear by analog. I do too.
ZM> There's a certain warmth, hum, ambience from recordings made pre-digital
ZM> that give body to the songs you don't hear when you play their digital
ZM> versions on the same equipment.

One thing I think is funny is that some music (I thought most music these days) is recorded digitally for the master, so any analog copies (vinyl, etc.) would be based on a digital master.  An early example is Dire Straits' album "Brothers In Arms", which was recorded digitally, but I've seen FLACs going around that were recorded from the vinyl.  If something has a digital master recording, I doubt that creating a vinyl copy would make it sound better, and if it does sound better, I think that's a sign that the quality has more to do with the electronics of the player than the storage medium.

Nightfox

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