Re: Re(2): Re(2): TI-H: MP3s

To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: Re(2): Re(2): TI-H: MP3s
From: gussie@alaska.net (Grant Stockly)
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 12:14:30 -0700
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Umm..  Check it out in an ossicilisocpe.  There is no sound card that can
beat the DAC from a true CD player.  I know what I'm talking about...  I
designed a f'ing mpeg player!  This stuff I know.

>    What the hell are you babbling about? Don't try to make yourself look
>like an 'eleet' audiophile. mp3's sound practically cd quality at 128k/44.1
>if they are encoded correctly.
>
>-Gabe
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>Date: Wednesday, June 03, 1998 5:47 PM
>Subject: Re: Re(2): Re(2): TI-H: MP3s
>
>
>>
>>>>and most of all, you can hardly reliaze any decrease in quality!
>>>
>>>
>>>I can hear it on my speakers, and on my cousins Marantz and Snell
>>>equipment it is obvious (still sounds pretty good, but not nearly as
>>>nice as the CD).
>>
>>Tell them to either get a new sound card or something like that.  MP3s
>>sound horrible unless you buy a specialized DAC card.  NOT a Sound blaster
>>or something liek that...
>>
>>Actually, 150 CDs would only take 8,125MB.
>>
>>>I'm all for more compact storage, my entire CD collection (~150)
>>>would fit into just about 10GB if MP3 encoded.  Drop a bunch of the
>>>songs I don't like and I could fit it all onto one 9GB drive.
>>>If I had an extra monitor and sound card, I'd consider setting up my
>>>extra computer to replace my CD player.  But I don't, so I don't
>>>bother collecting MP3's. (I do have an 800mb graphics library tho...:)
>>>
>>>DK
>>
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