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

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From: Howard Friedman <hsf318@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:54:07 -0500
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Mark,

There is also a program out there, called Midi Converter, which can handle MP3, WAV, WMA, and OGG, whatever that may bbe.  I believe it will convert any to any other.  But what's the point of converting MP3 to WAv, or even WMA, when the quality has already been "lossed"?  Best to Rip the CD to WAV files in the first place, don't you think?

And I still wonder whether one, particularly I, can tell the difference.

Howard

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