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Quote from: M3ta7h3adIndeed, but expert listeners and whatever programs they used during the development in MPEG to produce "statistical information" about the way a track would sound. Would be critical listening in my opinion.

Certainly more so than a bloke with an iRiver and some ER-4ps

LOL fair comment (I dont own the iRiver any more mind, just a good Morss brand amp to plug into the PC ), but I think you cant really knock it until youve tried it and done your own critical listening tests. I know my ears dont lie to me and aside from cheap earphones to listen through, Ive heard expensive hifi setups that really introduce you to music in a new way and really reveal poor source material.

lol yeah to be honest the reason I posted it is because I know its somewhat controversial

I am too a follower of the lossless OGG and the 320kbps mp3 lol

Slightly off topic but I was reading an article today about the digital rights of vista wich will play both movies and videos in a number of formats in a poorer quality then previous windows, it will only play dvd and other device in the decent quality.
It went in detail, cant find the link now but "broken by design" was emntioned a lot very interesting, very crap on MS part but was interesting saying how it works.

Formats and DRM etc is all getting out of hand and needs sorting tbh

Ive got a sh*t load of HD space, so why waste time contemplating whether MP3 sounds better than this that or the other. WMA Lossless all the way, then I know its just the same as the CD, no argument

Quote from: WalrusbonzoIve got a sh*t load of HD space, so why waste time contemplating whether MP3 sounds better than this that or the other. WMA Lossless all the way, then I know its just the same as the CD, no argument

I prefer FLAC  have a look here

http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Lossless_comparison

http://losslessaudioblog.com/

Quote from: neXusSlightly off topic but I was reading an article today about the digital rights of vista wich will play both movies and videos in a number of formats in a poorer quality then previous windows, it will only play dvd and other device in the decent quality.
It went in detail, cant find the link now but "broken by design" was emntioned a lot very interesting, very crap on MS part but was interesting saying how it works.

Formats and DRM etc is all getting out of hand and needs sorting tbh

argument is going on in software over this.

Its not a vista issue, its a HD issue.