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I don't think a record is ever quite done until you have a lovely copy of the vinyl in your paws. MP3's cheapen the music in my opinion - as do CD's.

The snap crackle and pops of a vinyl recording has a certain charm and warmth that can not be replicated with digital formats.

My gripe is usually the sound quality of LIVE Mp3's. Like a bootleg or something. The cymbales always sound like shit. I dont know the ins an outs of that particular compression that goes into the making of the mp3.
It's Just something i have noticed as a particular downfall of the medium.

Other than that i find it quite useful to put 13 albums on 1 cd and listen to them in the car. I tend to do this with albums i wouldn't normally buy outright. But rip to an mp3 for further investigation. i have discovered quite a few jems i would have otherwise passed up.

glynnisjohns wrote:My gripe is usually the sound quality of LIVE Mp3's. Like a bootleg or something. The cymbales always sound like shit. I dont know the ins an outs of that particular compression that goes into the making of the mp3.

Have you heard uncompressed versions of this same audio and noticed the cymbals sound better? I suspect this is not a feature of the compression but the recording itself.

But rip to an mp3 for further investigation. i have discovered quite a few jems i would have otherwise passed up.

These jems, would you say they are truly outrageous?

ironyengine wrote:

glynnisjohns wrote:My gripe is usually the sound quality of LIVE Mp3's. Like a bootleg or something. The cymbales always sound like shit. I dont know the ins an outs of that particular compression that goes into the making of the mp3.

Have you heard uncompressed versions of this same audio and noticed the cymbals sound better? I suspect this is not a feature of the compression but the recording itself.

But rip to an mp3 for further investigation. i have discovered quite a few jems i would have otherwise passed up.

These jems, would you say they are truly outrageous?

http://mirkwood7.tripod.com/jem.html

Now thats truly outrageous!