On Oct 23, 9:07 am, martin <martinayla...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> (Sorry if this isn't the most appropriate NG, but I've tried others
> and not got much of a response)
>
> I recently bought a Sony NWS706 MP3 player and have been transferring
> a few of my CD's to it via its own SonicStage software (I should
> mention here that I'm a complete beginner when it comes to MP3 and the
> like).
>
> I used ATRAC 64kbps at first, because my player only has 4Gbytes of
> memory, and I've lots of long works, like symphonies.
>
> The quality seems fine, but according to so many people I've read on
> the Internet, 64kbps is such a low sampling rate, quality *should* be
> pretty bad.
>
> Today I transferred a few short works using both ATRAC 64kbps and
> ATRAC Lossless, and have been trying to hear the difference between
> the two. I can't say I can detect any, but the few seconds needed to
> switch between them makes comparison difficult. Also, I'm wondering
> if
> I'd suddenly notice a difference should I happen to buy a better pair
> of headphones in the future.
>
> The convenience of having a lot of music on my player, and not having
> to fiddle about transferring stuff as I need it, is very attractive,
> but I want good quality as well.
>
> With this in mind, I'd like to hear people's opinions on these two
> formats - is the quality of ATRAC Lossless worth the extra space?
>
> One other question: Is it possible to use SonicStage to store ATRAC
> or MP3 files on a CD, then load them onto an MP3 player via
> SonicStage when you need them? This would mean that you could have
> lots of large music files without having to worry about running out of
> space on the player or cluttering up your computer's hard-drive.
>
> However, I've heard that Sony have made this impossible to do, to
> discourage illegal copying. Is this true?
If I understand how this works properly - the reason you don't hear
any difference between a file ripped "natively" in HiLP (64k) and
transferred to a device vs. ripping a file in ATRAC lossless and
transferring to a device is because there is no difference on the
device - the ATRAC lossless file will be converted to whatever your
default device setting is (which is probably 64k for you) - so they
are in fact the same (on the device).
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