Query on Sound Quality
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PowerSurge
New Yorker
yes.
the quality isn't as good as it should be. Anyone that says that there isn't much of a difference is either lying to themselves or can't hear the difference between a shitty MP3 rip and a CD quality sounding version.
the quality isn't as good as it should be. Anyone that says that there isn't much of a difference is either lying to themselves or can't hear the difference between a shitty MP3 rip and a CD quality sounding version.
blindinglights
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I hear a relatively large amount of distortion scattered throughout the tracks even with the 320 kbps version. I really hope that the cd will take care of that.
alanah
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
The CD version probably sounds a lot better than you've heard!
stealthboy
War Child
RockNRollDawgie
Rock n' Roll Doggie
Definitely get the cd version! My MP3 version is only a tease at how this album will sound.
stealthboy
War Child
Ok, I have to ask. Where? Can you give me a track and time so I can listen for what you call "distortion"? Thanks.
chrissybaby
Refugee
the best by a mile is the newly released VBR CD Scene Rip.
jphelmet
Refugee
i rip all new cd's for ipod to a lossless format. some albums i keep that way, some until i need more room.
nloth will stay that way on the ipod for a long time.
nloth will stay that way on the ipod for a long time.
blindinglights
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Sure. As an example, I hear it at 5:06 - 5:09 during the guitar solo of MOS, and again at 5:22 and again right when the vocals come back in around 5:26. This is with headphones at a decent but definitely not excessive volume level. With my regular computer speakers it's even more noticeable.
alanah
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Thanks for the info, I'm gonna download it.
adrball
Refugee
I noticed quite a lot of distortion throughout MOS. Looking forward to the CD to hear this pure.
I guess we'll have to wait until we have the actual CD on our hands to decide this and we have heard it. I can hear the distortion on some tracks, but I'm afraid it is not the type of defects caused by mp3 compressing, it could be the actual mastering in these days. Unfortunately, distortion on CDs is becoming more and more common these days, with the loudness war. Hopefully I am wrong but I wouldn't be surprised if the CD sounds just as bad as the leaked mp3s
blindinglights
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Shit, I really hope not. It's almost unfathomable to me that the production team would hear this amount of distortion and let it slide.
whackjester
Acrobat
Mark my words; the CD will have the same compression / clipping issues as the mp3s that we currently have. 
Mark my words; the CD will have the same compression / clipping issues as the mp3s that we currently have.
Yeap, as much as I would like it to sound better, I don't think it will.
Danny Boy
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
Yep. MP3 compression doesn't cause clipping.
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