on 10/28/01 2:14 PM, Oliver Brose at oliver.brose_at_t-online.de wrote:
> Let me reconfigure Joe Consumer for this case as a person with ears not
> offended by MP3, for whatever reason. No positive/negative implications.
Well, when you consider that most people listening to MP3s are usually
listening via computer-connected speakers, or via headphones (usually bought
at the local Walmart (in the US--or, I suppose, Geant or Carrefour in
France, and, hmmm, Hit[??] in Germany, and the ubiquitous Tesco in
Britain??????) that don't set one back an arm and a leg, and that MP3s were
designed more for convenience than fidelity, I would guess that average Joe
Consumer doesn't care too much about the differences. Oh, btw, I was reading
on an AOL web site today about the "CD quality" MP3 recordings, recorded at
128 bits. I had to grin when read this, thinking of this thread here on
NTLK. :-)
BTW, I would suggest that if you can't enjoy music at less than "hifi"
standards, that you are missing a lot! Music is music is wonderful, and I
can enjoy it, even if it's my 8yr old daughter plunking painfully away on a
piano. What I enjoy about music is the heart and soul that goes into it.
Quality of the playback medium can fall away when the music is beautifully
interpreted and executed. :-)
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