From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <9fbffeffeff29482f4f62d6f1054194a@felloff.net> Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 16:18:30 -0600 Message-ID: From: Steven Stallion To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: [9fans] music storage Topicbox-Message-UUID: 94461aca-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Honestly ALAC isn't half bad. I believe the compression ratio is around 40-50%. Given how plentiful storage is these days, it was a small price to pay for everlasting quality. On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Conor Williams wrote: > jees, i traded a bit of quality for space > > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Steven Stallion wrote: >> >> I gave up some time back and ripped the family's cd collection (around >> 500 discs) to ALAC. After that I converted most to AAC for listening >> on audio players and left the original rips sitting in storage. >> Needless to say, Goodwill was a little surprised to find 500 discs >> donated at once! >> >> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Steve Simon wrote: >> >> just downloading a torrent with the mp3's seems simpler >> >> than swapping cd's. :) >> > >> > 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. >> > >> > -Steve >> > >> >