Bobb-E

This reminds me of when I used to listen to tapes in an old Mercedes 300td because I didn't have a cd player in it. Those were actually some of the first pieces of music that listened to over and over again and had and really enjoyed. I think it was Silverchair "Freak Show," Pennywise "Out of Time," and The Grateful Dead "Skeletons in the Closet." When I got the same albums on CD a couple of years later I didn't like the sound even though they were supposedly better. I was listening to analog in a literal tank with a chunk chunk chunk in the background. Point is, it really is that subjective and what your own body is tuned to. There is something to be said about a sound system that brings out dolby and soundstage in the music. I think this thread did mention the important thing. There's a difference between those files. They are in the same ballpark but for nitpickers there's something different to challenge yourself with noticing. Also, like I said I think the second you go computer audiofile, you're probably always "downgrading," because the CD itself is the highest commercial bitrate. Isn't it?

I downloaded that. What do I do with it? I'm on a mac by the way. Can I use it? Thanks, Bobby

I just joined this site, well...I joined it now. I joined because I was using iTunes to salvage some old CDs and I was looking for a quick answer for whether Lossless really is .wav quality because I actually loathe doing this. It takes a lot of time. Obviously, if everyone just payed for CDs at the music store, stored them on a rack, and put them in a good player you'd have the best ambience going. ...but then you wouldn't be able to make the mixed CDs and get rid of that damn rack. You really do kick yourself in the crotch when you rip stuff and still worry about sound quality or convenience. Anyway, I noticed what someone said about Lossless still having to decode. And yeah that could do some sonic unjustice, particularly if you have, say, those extra special tracks and the system to play it on. There would not be a gaurantee that it is lossless soundwise--just data-wise. For the sake of storing those beasts on the computer and getting rid of said CD rack, does anyone know if you can make the Lossless files and then turn them back into .wavs and have them go back to the exact .wav? That would be the real test. Right? Sounds like you should. I normally wouldn't care, but I'm restoring the first mix CD I ever made in college. It's 766.1 MB overburned onto an 800MB disc using "disc-at-once," etc. It is an 18-track masterpiece with full quality that was hell to make. I also do not have those data files. The reflective top is flaking off so I caught it just in time for a redo. Can't burn it until I get an 800MB disc, but I want to store the data correctly in iTunes before I burn. Should I trust Lossless? Anybody? Anybody?? I'd just keep experimenting, but I may be alone when I say that I actually loathe digitally organizing music. I just want the sound or the glimmering CD. Thanks, Bobby