"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:01:10 -0500, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT
comREMOVETHIS wrote:

The bottom line is that I don't think that *many* folks can distinguish
the
difference in sound quality between an MP3 and a CD on/in the average
home,
boat or car stereo syste

Probably not, but in a home? I think so.

I can certainly hear the difference on my home system, and my boat system.
Just as important, I can easily tell the difference using my portable
digital music player and a decent set of full sized headphones, which is the
way I usually listen to compressed music files.



Of course the other problem is that I have abnormally acute hearing
even at my middle age - I can hear things others "normal" can't.


Me too. For instance, I can easily hear the high frequency sound of the
spooling of the turbo on my PowerStroke. When I mention it to other people
that might be in the truck with me, they just look at me and wonder what I'm
talking about. Another example: I was on the docks at the marina one
afternoon, and I could hear the CO alarm going off at a constant clip in an
unattended boat several slips away. It was driving me nuts, but when I
mentioned it to the guys I was drinking a beer with, none of them had
noticed it.