Posted by CD on 09/30/07 00:51

Zilbandy wrote:
> I just acquired a bunch of mp3's and many of them are recorded at
> 320kbps, which results in a fairly large file size. I'm getting older,
> and my hearing is not what it use to be, by a long shot. :) My wife
> won't let me buy another USB hard drive right now, so to save space,
> I'm considering converting these files to 128kbps at 44.1khz sampling
> rate. This results in file sizes half the size. I have a couple of
> audio programs that will do this, and my experimenting so far has had
> very good results, at least to my ears. I was hoping to get some
> comments from others... with good hearing. :) It's my understanding
> that 128kbps at 44.1kb sampling rate is considered CD quality, or near
> CD quality. Comments welcome. :)
>

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=300728UR&cat=HDD

250GB USB for $65 ... sweet-talk the wife !

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