Red the Ghost
Smash Ace
Are you a quality freak when it comes to music?
I honestly can't stand mp3s. Lossy compression is bad enough when you're looking at a picture. When it comes to music - hell no.
Usually I rip/download in 41 khz flac, but I've found better things:
linked for size
MP3s (and other lossy formats) tear up the sound stream, making the music sound flat and scratchy (depending on how much you compress it). Good speakers/headphones make a difference, too. The headphones that come with music players usually aren't good.
Overcompression isn't only on the consumers side, though. There have been some bands that have compressed their music to hell on the retail CD! The album 'Californication' from the Red Hot Chili Peppers is the best example of this. Recently, Metallica has been guilty of this, as well, with their recent release 'Death Magnetic' (though I wasn't surprised).
I also hate how music is actually sold in mp3 sometimes (hello, iTunes).
IT IRRITATES ME TO NO END.
(but I digress)
What about you all? Feel the same way? Don't care? Talk about it here.
I honestly can't stand mp3s. Lossy compression is bad enough when you're looking at a picture. When it comes to music - hell no.
Usually I rip/download in 41 khz flac, but I've found better things:
linked for size
MP3s (and other lossy formats) tear up the sound stream, making the music sound flat and scratchy (depending on how much you compress it). Good speakers/headphones make a difference, too. The headphones that come with music players usually aren't good.
Overcompression isn't only on the consumers side, though. There have been some bands that have compressed their music to hell on the retail CD! The album 'Californication' from the Red Hot Chili Peppers is the best example of this. Recently, Metallica has been guilty of this, as well, with their recent release 'Death Magnetic' (though I wasn't surprised).
I also hate how music is actually sold in mp3 sometimes (hello, iTunes).
IT IRRITATES ME TO NO END.
(but I digress)
What about you all? Feel the same way? Don't care? Talk about it here.