Re: sorting out Music files

From: Ionizer (me7_at_privacy.net)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:50:14 -0400

"Sirder" <Me @hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:5D650CB1-DA11-47E9-811C-1F6B477ABE70@microsoft.com...
> Dear Ioniser ;-)))))))))))) heck ....Just spotted it ......Ian
.......Hurrayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ;-)))))
>
> Have only just FOUND the help (ydBpowerAMP Music Converter) you very
kindly gave IE ; Sorting out my Classics.Am still wading thru the
instructions ;-)) Tho '
> bit puzzled with " lossy " and Wav ?
> but I'll get a grasp of it soon I hope .......Hope to I'll be able to
Standardise once and for all.
> A very genuine and appreciative Thank you Sir ;-)))
>
> Derek
>
> --
> Extremely mature UK Gent

Hey, Derek!

Glad you tracked down my reply and found the freeware. Regarding the
difference between the "lossy" nature of mp3 files vs. wav files: Wav
files contain all of the audio fidelity of the original CD music tracks
you ripped them from. Wav files are essentially exact duplicates of the
original tracks, with all of the fidelity, etc., and as a result these
files are quite large when compared with an mp3 version of the same track.
When you compress (convert) a wav file to mp3, some data is removed in
order to make the file smaller- the extreme high and low frequencies which
are theoretically beyond human hearing at first; but when you compress to
lower-bitrate files, even more data is removed- and at some point you CAN
hear the difference. So it's a "lossy" format because data is eliminated
during the compression process.

Let your own hearing be your guide. I defy anyone to tell the difference
between a wav file and a 320kbps mp3 file of the same piece of music for
instance. At 192kbps, some people might claim to be able to spot some
subtle differences. Once you compress below 128kbps many listeners *will*
spot an audible difference.

So be careful with that classical music of yours. If you convert a wav
file to mp3, delete the original wav file, and THEN decide that the mp3
doesn't sound good enough, it's too late- that fidelity is lost forever.
Converting a crappy-sounding 96kbps mp3 file into a 320kbps file will only
result in a larger file which still sounds crappy.

Regards,
Ian.
(An extremely immature Canadian Gent.)

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