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Posted by Laurence Payne on 10/02/07 09:35
On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:18:46 -0000, mad.scientist.jr@gmail.com wrote:
>I'm looking for any advice on what settings I can use to rip MP3s with
>full stereo that sound just like the CD, particularly from WinAmp
>(since that would be convenient). I have the OutLame plugin (w/LAME
>dll v3.97) but the MP3s it encodes sound pretty bad. My old Music
>Match jukebox 6 rips CDs and converts WAVs to MP3s at 160bps that
>sound exactly like the original CD as long as the multipass and
>highest quality / processing settings are on (it takes a while
>though). However Musicmatch 6 doesn't work on my newer PC with IE 7. I
>am interested in preserving full stereo separation as this is for
>archival as well as listening purposes. Much appreciated, thanks for
>listening...
If you want maximum fidelity, don't compress at all, store wav files.
If you think a 160bps MP3 sounds "exactly like the original CD" set
your MP3 encoding to that rate. What rate is your OutLane plugin
using?
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