Do you download the album or buy the CD at a record store?

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For my part I prefer to have the CD or hard copy. I buy used CDs at Amazon when possible.

I can't tell the difference between a high bitrate MP3 and a CDA or wav file from the same source. My ears are too old and worn out to notice much difference. Then again, I don't own any audiophile equipment. :)
 
I fall in the same boat as Mike.

I'm re-ripping all of my library to WAV. I like them, and agree that the Dynamics
are really good..(Sound Guy also...)

Maybe 128 files are "good enough" on a 800 watt, 2 speakers on sticks system.

But, I'm pushing 12,000 watts of tri amped goodness. 128 files sound like absolute CHIT on my rig.

And my tags are just fine, i also use Title, Artist, and BPM.
The space they take up is minor compared to the Video files i'm ripping right now....8,000,000+KB for (1) DVD with around 50 ish Video's..

My 1TB ain't gonna last long...:sqlaugh: O yeah...The videos are VOB.:sqcool:
 
CDs all the way. You never know what hidden gems you may find.
 
patrickrlewis said:
I have to wonder why you would not find those hidden gems if you download the disc instead?
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You probably can. I know that for me the physical cd is a preference. Besides, I find the record store more fun than online.
 
I rip everything to FLAC and use FLAC Tags to record everything that can be put into a ID3 tag. This is my base archive of music. Overall, the collection is about 55% the size of the WAV files. FLAC is lossless, and has really good tagging support. In theory, I will never need to put the CD's back into the drive again.

For use at events, I encode the FLAC to mp3 @ 224. That keeps me on the internal discs of most of my computers. If I used 320, I would need bigger hard drives. As it is, it would take about three days for my computer to encode all the FLAC's into whatever bitrate mp3 I wanted to use.

At some point, DJ software will support FLAC, and I will just use that...on an external drive.
 
jokerswild said:
For PC atleast you could use a lossless format like FLAC or ACC as it's tagable like MP3s but the drawback to FLAC atleast is there are no players to my knowlege that will play that format other than PC Software.

Correct me if I'm wrong.
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The V2Go will play .wav, and I THINK a couple of the "Pioneers" from the new factory.

As for the OP, I buy discs from the "Record Store" :sqcool: and USE them.
 
Precisionpower said:
I fall in the same boat as Mike.

I'm re-ripping all of my library to WAV. I like them, and agree that the Dynamics
are really good..(Sound Guy also...)

Maybe 128 files are "good enough" on a 800 watt, 2 speakers on sticks system.

But, I'm pushing 12,000 watts of tri amped goodness. 128 files sound like absolute CHIT on my rig.

And my tags are just fine, i also use Title, Artist, and BPM.
The space they take up is minor compared to the Video files i'm ripping right now....8,000,000+KB for (1) DVD with around 50 ish Video's..

My 1TB ain't gonna last long...:sqlaugh: O yeah...The videos are VOB.:sqcool:
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Agreed, but I wouldn't consider 128Kbps acceptable for anything. The degraded quality is clear on ANY speakers, whether it be a home stereo, car or 12,000 watt system.

192Kbps is when most people would stop noticing quality loss, though some of us picky people will notice a few "this and thats". But I can almost guarantee you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between 320Kbps vs. Wav with only your ears. Especially when playing it through a crowd.

Sure, storage is cheaper these days, but I just don't feel that it's justifiable to greatly increase the file size and lower the ease of tagging for a difference in quality that won't even be noticeable to 99.9% of listeners.
 
jokerswild said:
Well duh..... I haven't seen a "Record" store in years.... all they stock are CDs so it stands to reason you'd have to shop at a "CD" Store in these modern 20th century days....:sqwink:
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Hehe, we've got a store that still stocks vinyl.
 
jokerswild said:
Only place to get it here is resale shops.... or special order... not that I would anyway.... I don't need some scratchy sounding music.:sqwink:[/Q]

Hehe, ours does the resale, special order, but they also order in new stuff as well.
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umm if you listen really really close on some of those CDs they have replicated the sound of popping scratchy vinyl for effect. Im sure even your Esob would detect it.LOL
 
Ok try out an experiment then when choosing what you think the client will know...


at home test out the sound Quality difference of MP3, CD, Vinyl, Cassette tape, radio..

then try the same thing on the job (records, Tape, mp3, CD)

ask them what they can tell you what was playing in a dark crowded room where people are talking and trying to listen to music
(see if they actually care what it was and if they know that you had say Tapes playing in the background instead of a mp3 setup they can see)

it can supprise them dramaticly


if there is a new song that I need to hear I download and listen to it, then buy the CD
 
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