Yorick
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Originally posted by Madkins007
Side note on MP3-
I have played with this stuff, but... am I the only one that is disappointed with it?
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So, I'm wondering- am I missing something, or is this an immature technology at this point?
it is and it isn't. Even if there is an improvement on the compression rate of the file format, existing players ought to continue to be able to playback the files. Though, honestly, the same should be able to be said for DVD's too but the manufacturers appear to have found ways around that -- I've heard tales of first and second generation players not being able to play newer DVD's.
The appeal of having MP3's on a CD for playback, as opposed to having a dedicated player device like an iPod or Rio, is like Alslayer's comments -- you can have several albums all at once, and therefore never have to mess with the player for the duration of a long trip.
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Originally posted by Madkins007
I can't seem to locate music on-line I am especially interested in, and transfering my cassettes to digital is a major pain in the neck. (CD to digital is quick and simple, but most of the stuff I most want to carry is in tape format).
as far as finding works in the format that you're interested in, one of my favorite groups, They Might Be Giants, had a special section at emusic.com for most of 2001. To get their stuff I had to have a subscription for a year; in that time I could download anything I wanted, unlimited, of the other material eMusic had available. (eMusic made deals with individual minor labels to have albums available in MP3 format. the biggest boons were having California punk label Lookout! Records' complete catalogue, the Creedence box set, and a wide selection of Laugh.com's reissues.) eMusic had at that time the widest selection of popular music available on the Internet; I don't know what it's like now. Because you pay for it ($10-15 a month depending on plan), it's 100% legal. There's also MP3.com, which is typically artists looking to get signed, and peer-to-peer networks like Kazaa or Hotline where anything you might download is illegal if you don't already own the album. You could also utilize the format to get lots of MP3's from friends and/or relatives of stuff on their CD's, or borrow what you want from your local library (copying for personal use falls under "fair use" copyright rules).
I agree, moving stuff from tape is a pain. I had a large tape collection at one time, both pre-recorded and homemade, and since I rarely use my tape deck at home and the one in the car is broken I eliminated 99% of the pre-recorded ones to the local used record shop. The ones I kept either are no longer in print on CD or the CD version isn't the same, since CD's have length restrictions and tape doesn't, beyond thinning, and there is so much hard-to-find material scattered thru my homemade tapes ...
I guess it really becomes a question of, how much effort do you want to put into customizing your listening experience?
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11-26-2002 03:21 PM
) and noticed this which I didn't before ... I primarily use my portable CD player in the car, listening over the radio using a low-power boradcaster called a "SoundFeeder." it pulls power for itself and the player from the car battery and eliminates the need for headphones. Also it was cheaper than getting a new radio unit when the tape player broke.
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