From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 21:42:26 -0500 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <6ae4470f500f12ca06d30e64a2a52e69@mikro> In-Reply-To: References: <8eb1576c24c02f7885db6aefd0fdc4fb@mikro> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] music storage Topicbox-Message-UUID: 959eaac2-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 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