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You forgot DVD-A (Reply to this comment)
by roymeo
And DVD-Audio beats them all, with more than just stereo channels, and I believe, an even wider range of frequencies (or at least more data within the CD freq.s).
Great review, especially for those who worship MP3.
roymeo
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Sep 19 '01
2:52 pm PDT
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by dragonfire88
Wow.
Great, well written review. You obvisously put a lot of time and effort into this and it shows. I now know a lot more about all of this stuff.
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Sep 18 '01
1:23 am PDT
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... I've Enjoyed Whiskies that weren't Distilled as Well as This ... (Reply to this comment)
by Christoff
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And two thoughts occur... 1) Even with MD being "tops" in your book it would still be unjustified for me invest in one if, let's say, i already owned a CD recorder. I find the MD less portable because i don't use any "Walkman-type" devices, and therefore, would have to hope that a MD player would be available wherever i went (Car, Friends, Parties, etc.).
Which leads me... 2) I enjoy many cassette tape recordings in my "cheap" car stereo, as well as my "cheap" Sony portable. Now the MP3s would definitely suffer sound-quality wise when played on my (relatively) superior car stereo because the requisite shortcomings would be relevant. However, on the "boom box, i'm sure the MP3s would offer a quality level "good enough" to be acceptable even with its inherent low fidelity.
In fact, the portable Nomad Jukebox (by Creative Labs) is equipped with a 20Gig Hard drive (WAV and MP3 support) that can hold 340 hours of digital audio in a nifty little portable unit and costs under £270. Sound Quality can be over-rated, especially when you can get over 300 CDs-worth of music in the palm of your hand. [ I'd just need to get some decent battery powered satellite speakers to make a groovy little set-up, do you know of any? ]
And, if you weren't bored with me yet; if sound quality really does matter, then the CD and MD are inferior to both the history and the future of recorded audio (that is, vinyl and SACD/DVD-Audio). Vinyl, of course, is highly subjective as to its quality, but a number-cruncher like yourself can't deny the stats that are being ballyhooed about as to these neo formats.
I know, i know, alls you're really talking about is the viability of MP3s, but, most people really don't care; they just want their tunes. Heck, i still listen to few AM stations (with their weak, fluctuating signals and their lack of freq. bandwidth) and as long as the tunes i'm hearing are worth the listen, the fidelity can take a back seat.
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Sep 11 '01
9:32 am PDT
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by elzora
Wow, what a thorough review - you spent a lot of time on this and it shows! Thanks for the tips.
Sue
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Sep 11 '01
9:08 am PDT
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Great Review! (Reply to this comment)
by surferdude7
Michael
Nice job with a lot of details!
Ron
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Sep 10 '01
3:45 pm PDT
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