[slinkelist] MP3??? No way!

[Shawn Boyle]

You can get a 400 disc changer for $360 SRP today.

While it's probably true that today's audio CDs in a changer won't be able
to compete with a HD, in a couple of years one of these other formats could
very well be giving CDs a run for their money. I really believe it's not if,
but when. If audio DVDs turn out to be the next big thing, that's
potentially 4.4 GB of data per disc. Fill a 400 disc changer with those and
that's ~1.7 TB [and that's assuming they're single sided]. I still don't
think it's worth the trouble to rip my entire collection to any computer
format. Maybe it's because I don't have a real need for portability.

-Shawn

-----Original Message-----
From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On
Behalf Of Kevin O'Connor
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 11:55 PM
To: slinkelist@nirvis.com
Subject: Re: [slinkelist] MP3??? No way!


In a year or so you should be able to buy a 150GB for around $300. That's
enough to hold 250 or more CDs without any compression. A year or two more
and it will be impossible for a CD changer of any size to compete with a
hard disk. And, if you want the best audio, use a sound card with SPDIF
output and feed your high-end DAC.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Dickhaus" <bdickhaus@mindspring.com>
To: <slinkelist@nirvis.com>
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 9:58 PM
Subject: RE: [slinkelist] MP3??? No way!


> I agree. I have experimented with many different levels of MP3 encoding,
> with different encoders, on different PC's, and I have yet to find one
that
> produces the same quality of sound I can get out of a CD. The difference
is
> very noticeable to me. Except for portability, MP3 is not something I am
> interested in bothering with. When I fill up the CD changer I have I
intend
> to get another one.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On
> Behalf Of dan herrmann
> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 20:46
> To: slinkelist@nirvis.com
> Subject: [slinkelist] MP3??? No way!
>
>
> With all due respect to fellow Slink-e believers, I don't think MP3 and
hard
> drive storage is the way to go.
>
> Sure, you can put an audio file on a hard drive, but most all codecs today
> pale in comparison to a good CD (not to mention SACD)
>
> When you have high-end stuf like I do, you can easily tell the difference.
>
>
>
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