[geeks] home mp3 system suggestions

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 11:43:20AM -0400, s at avoidant.org wrote:

> Um, I've noticed lately that there's a *noticeable* difference in
> quality between wavs and mp3s. I just ripped a bunch of cds to wavs the
> other night, and while it takes up a LOT more space, the quality is well
> worth it. Also, if he plans to convert back to wav and burn to cd, the

Sambo, look into FLAC.  It is mathematically lossless (the reconstructed 
bitstream is identical to the original), and for me it averages about
a 45% reduction in file size.

> It'll be more than $50, but I'd suggest a massive IDE raid for the
> backend. I understand that the stuff he grabs off napster et al will be
> mp3s, but if he's ripping his own (and others, I assume)  it rocks to
> store them uncompressed, it just costs space. But IDE disks are cheap
> now. You could do a terabyte for under a grand. Of course that'll only
> hold an average of 1500 uncompressed albums, but by the time he fills
> it, the next terabyte will cost half that.

If he used flac that would be more like 2700 albums.
 

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Joshua D. Boyd