[slinkelist] MP3??? No way!

[Brian Atkins]

It doesn't matter, with hard drives doubling in capacity every 12 months
the amount of storage per dollar is going to completely outstrip any kind
of proprietary format. I would love to rip all my DVDs to hard drives too.

The ultimate goal is to have a media server that will hold your collection,
and also access the Net via broadband or faster connection to interface to
other people's collections so you can have access to any content you want at
any time from anywhere.

Shawn Boyle wrote:
> 
> 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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Brian Atkins
Director, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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