Post #285285 by Kawentzmann on Tue, Feb 13, 2007 8:03 AM

On 2007-02-12 09:25, Cammo wrote:
And 'lossless' compression is over-rated. Most of the higher quality MP3 compression routines are in fact compressed lossless, they compress by skimming over the duplicate info that makes up a lot of recorded sound. WAV files were created before decoding on the fly was affordable to home listeners; I'd argue it's as of today an antiquated format. (!)

Anyway, it's your band...

I don’t want to get into audio-geek discussions on THIS board. One last thing from me: I still buy LPs because I want the media suit the era of the music, if I can afford. I much more rarely buy CDs, but working in the music business gets me some for free now and then - which I appreciate.
So even though I have many CDs, I never liked them as much as the original vinyl releases, which always sounded better to me. The few exceptions are mastered carefully by specialists for the type of music. New recordings on CD are even worse, because of loudness-wars and semi-pros handling the niche markets- you can get away with much more technically on CDs than on vinyl.

Downloads on the other hand are convenient, affordable and have the advantage of 16bit+ master files. Mp3 is just the oldest and most common format, but not the best algorhythm as far as I have learned. Apple and OggVorbis are about the same quality/size ratio, ahead of mp3.

I understand that people love the coupling of graphics and music, that’s what I am about! I believe whatever the media will be in the future, this couple is here to stay. Take the internet: you first see a bandlogo, a photo, a button - lots of graphic stuff before you hear something in this media. It’s not like radio, and we have to buy music magazines to see the bands.

KK