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hk

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On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:09:39 -0500, hk wrote:

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On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:02:23 -0500, "Eisboch"
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High sample rates (320kbps) certainly makes them better but the files get
bigger. Wav files sound best because there's no compression, but the files
are huge. People aren't into quality, they are into quantity, so they pack
their iPods and mp3 players with low quality, low sample rate files. I just
can't get into that. Despite what some claim, I can (and so can my wife)
distinguish the difference of a high quality CD PCM track and a high sample
rate conversion of it to mp3.

You can't replace what isn't there. But, with Audacity you can add some
depth to get rid of the coffee can sound.
As discussed many times before, it all depends on what you are listening to
them on. An iPod plugged into a docking station or a non-revealing audio
system sounds ok for background music.

I have been migrating to the biggest sample rate I can get. "Huge" is
a relative thing when you can get a 2 gig SD card for $10. That is one
reason why I like my $30 Sansa better than an Ipod. It has an SD slot.
That is the cassette of the 21st century. Even with WAVs you can get a
couple hundred on a card and more like 400-500 MP3s.

If I am not mistaken, my iPod has a 50 or 50 gig hard drive. You'd have
to buy 30 2 gig $10 SD cards to match the capacity. That's a lot more
than I paid for my iPod.

Plus, SD cars are small. If you are always swapping them out to get to
the music on another card, well...

Is there 50 gig of music you could stand to listen to?
I have about 3000 MP3s spinning on hard drives around my house and I
doubt I have ever listened to the end of 1500 of them.

I like the 2g cards because you can make a lot of different mixes for
different moods. I have one or two for every vacation we went on. Just
the road tunes you want at the time. We usually put 1500-2000 miles on
the rentacar when we are on a western trip. Lots of time to listen to
the tunes. In Alaska we had 30 CDs. By the Idaho trip I had that down
to 2 SD cards.

I have about 15 whole operas, some operettas, plus collections of
symphonies, plus chamber music, plus rock, folk, jazz...and I've set up
playlists to meet different moods and tastes. I think my ipod is about
half full. My wife's ipod is about the same, but with her music on it.
Plus I have our server set up with all the music, accessible throughout
the house and from a distance. When we travel, I upload some movies to
our ipods so we can watch them on the plane.