Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 12/30/05 14:28

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:05:55 -0600, "NFord"
<nrfordcxnwsgrp@REMOVE_THIS_cardsharkgames.com> Gave us:

>>> On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:03:29 -0800, Walter Traprock
>>> <wetraprock@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> As far as audio formats goes, the train has stopped at CDs.
>
>What about MP3 players? I ripped my entire
>CD collection to MP3 years ago and haven't
>bought (and have rarely played) a CD since.
>When I want new music, I buy MP3s online
>and copy them to my MP3 players.
>
>Likewise, I can't remember the last software
>that I bought on CD. I buy online and download.
>
Since MP3s are a lossy compressed format, I would not even consider
them as something that has supplanted a true, full bandwidth,
uncompressed recording medium. Well, they obviously aren't.

YOU may not hear the difference, but some of us certainly do.
Granted, they are in full use.

You won't catch me buying any mp3s, however.

alt.binaries.sounds.1940s.mp3
alt.binaries.sounds.1950s.mp3
alt.binaries.sounds.1960s.mp3
alt.binaries.sounds.1970s.mp3
alt.binaries.sounds.1980s.mp3
alt.binaries.sounds.1990s.mp3
alt.binaries.sounds.78rpm-era

alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.1940s
alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.1950s
alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.1960s
alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.1960s
alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.1970s
alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.1980s
alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.1990s
alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.2000s

ALL of these are derived from CDs or from vinyl.

Were it not for a true source, there would be no mp3s of older
material. Newer material can and is recorded directly to the format
by *some* studios, but again... it is a lossy realm... noticeably so.
You would not have an "entire collection" of mp3s, were it not for the
CDs you sourced (RIPPED) them from.

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