z987k said:Who the hell encodes something 128kbps? It's worthless quality.
brewt00l said:IMHO it just goes to show you the further commoditization of music....
elkdog said:I've found the 128kbps aac encoding to be fine for me- a little better than straight mp3. It's a compromise I don't mind making, as I can fit more of my music on my iPod at any given time. I have a good ear, and am a musician, but am not an audiophile. I can tell the difference, especially on good headphones, but very rarely am conscious of it, as I focus in on the musical content and not the fidelity once I get it to sound ok. I'm not questioning your opinion, but just saying that it's not a big deal to some of us who really do appreciate music in a serious way.
elkdog said:Isn't anything other than a free live performance commodification? If so, what's wrong with people choosing the format they like best?
brewt00l said:....by commoditization I was referring to what the combination of portable MP3 devices and massive availability of content that can be horked online at little to zero cost has done to the music and way many many people relate to it, the acceptance of poor quality being a great example of that.
z987k said:also please no ethics on the stealing music thing. You keeps yours and I'll do the same.
Bobby_M said:This falls under TMI. If you want to have a discussion about people and their willingness to accept poor quality music files.. leave it at that. It's like talking about cutting up a keg and adding in the extra distracting info of how they illegally obtained it.
please no ethics on the stealing music thing. You keeps yours and I'll do the same.
Yes! Excellent and 100% spot-on, from a guy who knows what he's talking about! I can't get too worked up about the "poor record companies" shrinking profits these days. They've been ripping artists off for decades and now, their usefulness is coming to an end.brewt00l said:If we are going to get into the ethics and economics of it all, give this a read:
http://www.negativland.com/albini.html
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