Re: LP3 hardware Mpeg player

["Brown, Andy [Infrastructure]" <AndyB@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the opinion.  I've started to rip my CDs at 192kbps - no real
reason other than this is the max the lp3 will apparently play.  I
certainly
wouldn't call my self a hi-fi bore and my kit would probably make some
people cringe.

Andy

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	paul gordon [SMTP:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Monday, February 21, 2000 10:58 PM
> To:	ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject:	[ukha_d] Re: LP3 hardware Mpeg player
>
> >The only quandary I'm in is which mpeg encoder to use.  I been
using
> Xing,
> >but I get the feeling from the mpeg community that this isn't the
best.
> I
> >don't want to encode 600 CDs and then find they're all rubbish!
> >
>
>
>
> Andy, Fear not,
>
> I have been using the Xing encoder for about a year now, and have
encoded
> about 240 CD's with it, and I am perfectly happy with the result.
>
> I'm not a Hi-Fi bore, but I do have half-decent Kit, (Sony Amp,
Mission
> speakers, Qudos speaker cable, IXOS interconnects), and to my ears the
> resultant MP3 is perfectly acceptable, and I haven't even used a
> particularly high bitrate. (I used 128K, although I've seen a few
> recommendations to use 160K).
>
> Your ears may be more sensitive than mine, - although I can tell the
> difference between "good" and "crap", there comes
a point where I can no
> longer discern any difference between "good" and
"gooder" ?! and although
> the differences are just about audible, the file size trade-off comes
into
>
> the equation as well, (as does the rip speed - I spent a solid month
> ripping
> my CD's when I first started...)
>
> It comes down to how you intend to listen to them I suppose - I just
use
> my
> jukebox for casual listening, backround music, parties, entertaining
etc.
> etc. etc.
>
> Just my 2p-worth....
>
> Paul G.
>
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