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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] music storage
Date: Mon,  9 Dec 2013 21:42:26 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6ae4470f500f12ca06d30e64a2a52e69@mikro> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJQxxwnN2K0+Q_toU9SYNJr9jebHqq+iidhSH7HHZev0ofWpiQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon Dec  9 21:23:18 EST 2013, bruce.ellis@gmail.com wrote:

> Well there is some truth in all these emails. First let me say that no
> recording studio records in mp3 and no studio software does unless you
> really force it. Not even Garage Band - the baseline. (Note that I will
> usually make a mp3 for my phone after a mix.)
>
> That said the dudes compiling and selling CDs will grab the data in any
> format and decode it and sell it.  Just 'cause you bought a CD doesn't mean
> it was really uncompressed DDD. Certainly a worse story if you don't know
> if it's pirated. How many CDs do you have with a hologram on them, Erik?

almost all my cds were bought first hand before 1998.  all
came with proper packaging, and silkscreening on the front side.

even so, as you point out, the quality does vary.  i find some remastered
AAD or ADD disks to be of good quality.  listening to muddy waters,
"folk singer" as i type.

> That said 9 out of 10 British housewives etc.
>
> It is not too hard to tell and clearly Simon has the tools. I do. Just
> checked out a suspect disk. Hmm profile is strongly correlated with 96kps.

very interesting.  time to do a little investigation.

- erik



  reply	other threads:[~2013-12-10  2:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-12-09  0:30 erik quanstrom
2013-12-09  0:39 ` Jacob Todd
2013-12-09  1:40   ` Conor Williams
2013-12-09  2:44     ` cinap_lenrek
2013-12-09  3:53       ` Conor Williams
2013-12-09  3:59         ` Jacob Todd
2013-12-09  3:59           ` Jacob Todd
2013-12-09  4:11             ` Conor Williams
2013-12-09  4:16               ` andrey mirtchovski
2013-12-09  4:37                 ` Conor Williams
2013-12-09  4:50                   ` andrey mirtchovski
2013-12-09  4:57                     ` Conor Williams
2013-12-09  6:38               ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-09  7:14                 ` cinap_lenrek
2013-12-09  4:12         ` cinap_lenrek
2013-12-09 20:52           ` Steve Simon
2013-12-09 21:04             ` Steven Stallion
2013-12-09 22:13               ` Conor Williams
2013-12-09 22:18                 ` Steven Stallion
2013-12-09 22:53                   ` Conor Williams
2013-12-09 23:18                     ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-09 23:37                       ` Conor Williams
2013-12-09 22:39                 ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-09 22:51                   ` Conor Williams
2013-12-09 22:55                     ` Skip Tavakkolian
2013-12-09 23:09                       ` Bruce Ellis
2013-12-09 23:19                       ` Conor Williams
2013-12-09 23:25                         ` Bruce Ellis
2013-12-09 23:33                           ` Jeff Sickel
2013-12-10  0:18                             ` Matthew Veety
2013-12-09 22:49               ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-10  0:20             ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-10  0:24               ` Devon H. O'Dell
2013-12-10  0:26               ` Lee Fallat
2013-12-10  1:40                 ` Steve Simon
2013-12-10  1:39               ` Steve Simon
2013-12-10  1:52                 ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-10  2:22                   ` Bruce Ellis
2013-12-10  2:42                     ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2013-12-10  3:14                       ` Bruce Ellis
2013-12-10  3:26                         ` andrey mirtchovski
2013-12-10  3:32                           ` Bruce Ellis
2013-12-10 11:24                           ` Nicolas Bercher
2013-12-10  3:39                         ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-10  3:54                           ` andrey mirtchovski
2013-12-10  3:57                           ` Bruce Ellis
2013-12-10 11:33                 ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2013-12-10  2:35 Winston Kodogo
2013-12-10  5:44 ` Conor Williams
2013-12-10  6:46   ` Jeff Sickel
2013-12-10  7:09     ` Conor Williams

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