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To: LowtherAcademy who wrote (14771)	9/14/2000 1:12:44 PM
From: Ausdauer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Lew, I find MP3 a very accepable medium for mobile use such as jogging or working out. They were never meant to be studio quality for your living room enjoyment. I find MP3 voice files to be of high quality. Aus

To: LowtherAcademy who wrote (14771)	9/14/2000 6:44:19 PM
From: Andre Williamson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

mp3 quality Lew - I don't know what mp3s you've listened to, but my mp3s (at 128k) sound terrific (on a Rio), and when re-recorded back onto CD-Rs, sound GREAT on my car stereo. I am not an audiophile, but would I'd say I'm your 'typical' music listener, and there is NO detectable quality difference to me. I think you're off base in your judgment of mp3s. I can understand pining for the more audially perfect systems (e.g. vinyl), but for practical purposes mp3s are every bit as good as standard CD recordings for consumer use. Perhaps you're experiencing mp3 with old technology? My old 350Mhz AMD, when ripping mp3s (along with the older versions of ripping software) did lead to very annoying hiccups - essentially rendering some recordings useless, I'd agree. But today's new computers and software allow for flawless ripping. Andre