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 12:44:00 -0700
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Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org

Ever heard of resolution on a sound card?  :)  Or about their frequency
generation range?  some of them just don't cut it...

>Cept for one teency weency little thing. Sound cards have to convert those
>0's and 1's to sound. Unfortunately, some of them don't do a good job of
>it, and sound bad.
>
>On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Gabe wrote:
>
>>
>>     You lost me. No offense, but I wonder if you know what you're talking
>> about. All a CD is is a bunch of 1's and 0's which sound exactly the same if
>> played via the cd-rom drive or directly off your hd in wav form. Mp3's are
>> merely compressed versions of these wavs which are then decompressed in real
>> time (or buffered depending on your decoder settings) and played via your
>> wav stream on your sound card. I'm not too knowledgable about sound cards,
>> but I know this is true, and mp3s should sound the same on any sound card
>> that can play 16-bit+ wav's.
>>
>> -Gabe
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
>> To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>> Date: Thursday, June 04, 1998 4:23 PM
>> Subject: Re: Re(2): Re(2): TI-H: MP3s
>>
>>
>> >
>> >If you want good sound, what ever sound card you have, you need to get the
>> >Intermetal stero DAC which is made to interface to DVD, CD, amd MPEG
>> >bitstreams.  The DAC on your sound card is made to interface to a computer.
>> >They use different bitstreams, and sound different.
>> >
>> >>    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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