From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 19:20:14 -0500 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <905cee36936662adabfec7ba2d46d809@ladd.quanstro.net> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] music storage Topicbox-Message-UUID: 953106ca-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > Just beware, in my experience of this (for research purposes, > yes really!) many, if not most CD images in WAV or PCM format > are in fact decodes of MP3s, and many of these where low bitrate > MP3s which are nasty. > > personally I have moved away from compressed audio, not because > I distrust compression, but I like browsing through a pile of CDs > looking for somthing that matches my mood - for me the user interface > is better; perhaps its my age. i don't understand this claim. all standard audio cds are in pcm format. - erik