[Trevor]

On 28/02/2017 6:06 AM, geoff wrote:
On 27/02/2017 10:34 PM, Trevor wrote:
On 27/02/2017 3:25 PM, Peter Larsen wrote:
Very often nowadays "digital" unspecificed is lossy encoded digital
and then the vinyl LP does come out on top.


Rubbish, I have well over 1,000 pristine vinyl records, but a well
recorded digital file properly encoded at maximum VBR or 320kbs fixed
rate will beat most, if not all of them. Most by a *long* way!
Why anyone would continue to equate MP3 with 128kbs (or less) files
these days is beyond me.


Because that is what most of the people listen to most of the time (?)

Question mark indeed! There is simply NO proof that this is still the
case. Almost all download sites are now 256kbs or better. And the
encoders are better than they once were as well.



But then the whole debate is irrelevant now
when storing uncompressed files or ALAC/FLAC files is cheaper and takes
less physical space than 64kbs MP3 did only a few years ago!
And ***FAR*** less cost and size than vinyl records!!!!!!!!!

I've had a 64MB iPod touch full of CDs ripped to ALAC for many years
now. Changed same to FLAC and have them on my phone too.


I have hard disks full of wave files, with back ups as FLAC. My MP3
player is full of max VBR HQ encoded files which is more than good
enough for earbuds or background music IMO.

Trevor.