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Most of us here have good car audio equip... yet we listen to mp3s...pfft.
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<blockquote data-quote="gunz4me2" data-source="post: 7151935" data-attributes="member: 613729"><p>Most of the music I listen to that is worth anything to me has been re-ripped in Apple Lossless format to store on my iPod. I go through painstaking tasks to ensure I have the best quality music files because the car is one of the few places that I listen to music with the majority of my listening performed on my computer or my HTPCs.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, most modern day, currently produced music has the life compressed out of it to be LOUD for the portable MP3 player generation. Sadly, it almost doesn't matter if one listens to the mp3 file or the CD because they are BOTH garbage for production with little to no dynamic range whatsoever. One of the things I started looking into was DVD-A masters of the modern material that I like. Talk about a night and day difference in production quality between the DVD Audio disc and the CD version of the same recordings.</p><p></p><p>Of course, I am going to go out on a limb and say that quality MP3 files are good enough for the automotive environment. Why? Because the automobile itself is the major hurdle for "audiophile" reproduction standards. Between the unequal path lengths, reflective surfaces, and extraneous noise introduced into the vehicle while in motion, one doesn't really need the absolute best in musical reproduction standards due to the hostile environment posed by the automobile. Say what you will, but "good enough" is the best one is going to achieve in the mobile environment!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gunz4me2, post: 7151935, member: 613729"] Most of the music I listen to that is worth anything to me has been re-ripped in Apple Lossless format to store on my iPod. I go through painstaking tasks to ensure I have the best quality music files because the car is one of the few places that I listen to music with the majority of my listening performed on my computer or my HTPCs. Unfortunately, most modern day, currently produced music has the life compressed out of it to be LOUD for the portable MP3 player generation. Sadly, it almost doesn't matter if one listens to the mp3 file or the CD because they are BOTH garbage for production with little to no dynamic range whatsoever. One of the things I started looking into was DVD-A masters of the modern material that I like. Talk about a night and day difference in production quality between the DVD Audio disc and the CD version of the same recordings. Of course, I am going to go out on a limb and say that quality MP3 files are good enough for the automotive environment. Why? Because the automobile itself is the major hurdle for "audiophile" reproduction standards. Between the unequal path lengths, reflective surfaces, and extraneous noise introduced into the vehicle while in motion, one doesn't really need the absolute best in musical reproduction standards due to the hostile environment posed by the automobile. Say what you will, but "good enough" is the best one is going to achieve in the mobile environment! [/QUOTE]
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