Re: MP3 Vs ATRAC : Which is worse ?

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From: John Busenitz
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 00:00

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Pascal wrote in message <369A4971.D050DBD3@usa.net>...

>I know I am going to get BLASTED for that but... imagine this :
>
>You copy 256kbps .mp3's on a CD-R and play them back through your
>hyper-noise PC house and through the S/PDIF output of your Sound Blaster
>card... to your external DAC... and you get equal or better results than
>your CD Transport with alumnium CDs to your DAC...


Well, this is impossible. Not because audiophile transports make a
difference, but because an MP3 is itself WORSE than a CD, by definition.
It is lossy, it CANNOT be better. Maybe sound the same with certain
types of signals, but NOT better.


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John
busenitz@earthlink.net

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From: "John Busenitz" <busenitz@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: MP3 Vs ATRAC : Which is worse ?
Date: 1999/01/12
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