Re: [ARSCLIST] Lossy compression losing quality (was Re: [ARSCLIST] Pristine Audio and the Milllennials . . .)

[Scott Phillips <scottp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

..or the other way around... 

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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Lossy compression losing quality (was Re:
[ARSCLIST] Pristine Audio and the Milllennials . . .)

Howard do you have a reputable editor such as Sound Forge (with the
Frauenhoffer MP3 license)?  There's included in the package a utility
called "Batch Converter" that'll save you an incredible amount of time
reformatting the MP3s to .wav files.

Mark Durenberger


----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Friedman" <hsf318@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Lossy compression losing quality (was Re:
[ARSCLIST] Pristine Audio and the Milllennials . . .)


Richard,

You're right, space is cheap.  I recently got a 300GB external drive
for $100, that should hold about 10,000 WAV tracks!  What happens when I
convert
MP3 files to WAV?  I assume the loss is already there?

Well, as someone said, and it may have been you, I've got 250 audio CDs
to Rip to WAV, that are already in MP3 format.  Luckily, Ripping doesn't
take nearly the time it takes to play the track.

Thanks,

Howard