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digdug
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Topic: CDs ? MP3s? Posted: June 08 2009 at 09:28 |
I am curiious to see how many people listen to the different formats.
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LiquidEternity
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Posted: June 08 2009 at 09:52 |
Well, I buy them all in CDs, but aside from the car and taking them places, I rip them onto a central location in my PC. Then, I guess we're looking at 256 VBR AAC. Not quite MP3, but there's not a huge difference if we're talking basic formats.
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Posted: June 08 2009 at 09:55 |
Vinyl, probably.
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Lota
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Posted: June 08 2009 at 10:05 |
MMMM nothing like a real CD. But as previously said nothing wrong with MP3's
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Posted: June 08 2009 at 10:09 |
These days WMA because I listen to music on my computer all day at work and I have my entire collection ripped. I still do CDs while commuting and when I want to sit down and listen to something with my undivided attention, it's got to be CD with headphones.
Edited by Slartibartfast - June 08 2009 at 14:28
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: June 08 2009 at 10:11 |
These days WMA because I listen to music on my computer all day at work and I have my entire collection ripped. I still do CDs while commuting and when I want to sit down and listen to something with my undivided attention, it's got to be CD with headphones.
Edited by Slartibartfast - June 08 2009 at 14:28
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Posted: June 08 2009 at 10:13 |
Is there an echo in here?
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Snow Dog
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Posted: June 08 2009 at 10:14 |
Is there an echo in here?
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Padraic
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Posted: June 08 2009 at 10:15 |
Mostly OGG rips of CD
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StyLaZyn
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Posted: June 08 2009 at 10:20 |
Padraic wrote:
Mostly OGG rips of CD
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Ogg is the best compressed file type, IMO. I like to use ogg vorbis.
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Posted: June 08 2009 at 10:35 |
^ Ogg is great, but it doesn't play in most MP3 Players. Therefore, I rip my CD collection to lossless files (FLAC) and two rounds of lossy files: high quality MP3 (V0, variable bitrate at around 245 kbps) for the computer and medium quality MP3 (V5, variable bitrate at around 130 kbps) for my portable MP3 Player.
I was only once tempted to buy a vinyl and I regret that decision.
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Alberto Muņoz
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Posted: June 08 2009 at 11:30 |
Any format with the proper quality.
I collect music, not plastic
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Posted: June 08 2009 at 11:31 |
What? Nobody listens to reel to reel anymore?
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: June 08 2009 at 11:41 |
Snow Dog wrote:
Is there an echo in here?
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I've noticed that happen to me on occasion. The post takes too long to go through so I keep clicking the post reply button. Usually I catch it and delete the repeat to make everything neat. I wish I had a good dbx cassette deck. I'm got some rare stuff recorded off the radio I can't play back anymore. When did reel to reel fade away anyway? That used to be the bomb for audiophiles.
Edited by Slartibartfast - June 08 2009 at 13:28
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Posted: June 08 2009 at 12:38 |
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: June 08 2009 at 13:33 |
I read that blank VHS are about to go extinct. Time for one of favorite cartoons whenever this subject comes up:
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Mr ProgFreak
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Posted: June 08 2009 at 13:35 |
Most often? I think I listen to MP3 almost exclusively these days. All legal of course ... About 90% is my own CD collection ripped to MP3, the others are mostly from eMusic.com, but also from Amazon MP3 (they opened in Germany about two months ago).
I rarely ever listen to CD directly anymore ... but I still listen to vinyl, and DVD-Audio.
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WalterDigsTunes
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Posted: June 08 2009 at 13:38 |
Music ripped from my CDs, of course.
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lazland
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Posted: June 08 2009 at 13:40 |
I did a similar poll a little while back, and CD came out top on that. I listen almost exclusively to MP3 legal these days, with most of my CD collection ripped to the PC. That's why I only had 35 on the PA Top 100 thread in vinyl/CD - most of my collection now is downloaded.
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Posted: June 08 2009 at 13:48 |
yea i rarely listen to cds directly, its all mp3 ripped from cds. i think 20% of my music collection is a mix of trades, D/L (legal and unregulated), and other various sources...
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