Re: Converting atrac3 to mp3

On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 23:48:25 -0700, Julian wrote
(in article <bpp3g35u4truuuecg2m2fgnll18ndm1bs3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):

> On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 23:05:18 -0700, Sonnova
> <sonnova@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> I think that compressed music will continue to be with 
>> us as long as people don't really care about "fi". Since most people
don't 
>> and never have, the im****tance that consumers like you put on quantity
over 
>> quality will largely remain the major market dynamic.  
> 
> That's a little harsh. 


I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be harsh, honestly. It's just that you should 
know as well as I do that most people do not care about hi-fidelity.

> I spent more than a few years getting paid to
> mix recordings and hear subtle differences in million dollar listening
> environments.  I *can* tell the difference.  None the less, I find
> high bandwidth mp3 fine for every day listening now that I'm out of
> that business.
> 
> Yes and I do wish CD quality was 96/24 not 44/16.  Then maybe I'd care
> about mp3 vs CD.
> 
> I did like your comments on Apple lossless.  Explains why the CD never
> sounds as good as the studio mix you send in for production.
> 
> Julian
> 
>