View Poll Results: What is your favorite audio format?
Vinyl
13
18.31%
Compact Cassette
1
1.41%
CD - Compact Disc Digital Audio
24
33.80%
HDCD - High Definition Compatible Digital
0
0%
DTS
4
5.63%
DVD-Audio
3
4.23%
SACD - Super Audio CD
13
18.31%
Compressed audio - MP3, WMA, etc.
11
15.49%
Other
2
2.82%
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What's your favorite audio format?
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What's your favorite audio format?
Hi everyone!
Please, could you vote for your favorite format for music?
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It's OK, sorry. I'll send them to this forum.
Please, could you vote for your favorite format for music?
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It's OK, sorry. I'll send them to this forum.
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I chose vinyl because, as far as formatting goes, nothing is quite as exciting and enjoyable to the senses as pulling out your favorite album with a nice 12x12 sleeve. Yum
Which makes me very annoyed that the Rogers Sisters "Invisible Deck" didn't get a US LP release. Gonna cost a ton to import it, but it'll be worth it.
Which makes me very annoyed that the Rogers Sisters "Invisible Deck" didn't get a US LP release. Gonna cost a ton to import it, but it'll be worth it.
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MP3 by a million...the ipod is incredible..at home, though, the best is vinyl.oh my god it sounds incredible. The Beatles never sounded better!!
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Crap, I wasn't thinking and put DTS. For music it would be MP3 simply for letting me listen to my music anywhere. Followed by CD for better sound quality...The rest are too rare for me to care about. I have the Dark Side of the Moon SACD, and it's great, but the fact that the only place I can listen to it is the home theater kinda limits its appeal...
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SACD (I voted for this, as it is my favorite, but it is a nearly dead format)
DVD-A (like it, but it is dead)
DTS/DD (but there isn't enough stuff out on it)
*CDs (I guess this wins, based on overall price, durability, catalog available, portability/compatability)
Vinyl (Sounds good, but wears out; not portable; limited new releases)
Tape (Crap)
Compressed Formats (Ok for working out, etc. Not good enough for critical listening. Fatigues my ears quickly).
DVD-A (like it, but it is dead)
DTS/DD (but there isn't enough stuff out on it)
*CDs (I guess this wins, based on overall price, durability, catalog available, portability/compatability)
Vinyl (Sounds good, but wears out; not portable; limited new releases)
Tape (Crap)
Compressed Formats (Ok for working out, etc. Not good enough for critical listening. Fatigues my ears quickly).
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Originally Posted by paulringodaman
MP3 by a million...the ipod is incredible..at home, though, the best is vinyl.oh my god it sounds incredible. The Beatles never sounded better!!
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Never heard a SACD and have zero desire to because of price and hassle. I love the DTS versions I've heard though, but I'll say MP3s beat out CDs for the most listens.
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compressed (mp3) files...they are the most convenient. i can fit thousands of cd's onto one ipod and play it anywhere. it might not sound quite as good as CD (or as "real" as vinyl), but it's all about convenience and organization for myself.
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Hi Rez DVD-A.
To be honest, I'm stunned at the compressed audio answers in this thread... Convenient, yes. High quality sound? Um, not even close.
To be honest, I'm stunned at the compressed audio answers in this thread... Convenient, yes. High quality sound? Um, not even close.
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Originally Posted by Johnny Zhivago
Hi Rez DVD-A.
To be honest, I'm stunned at the compressed audio answers in this thread... Convenient, yes. High quality sound? Um, not even close.
To be honest, I'm stunned at the compressed audio answers in this thread... Convenient, yes. High quality sound? Um, not even close.
Good quality Mp3s are fine for those situations.
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CDs because I can play them anywhere. Albums are cool but I hardly ever play mine. Actually, other than copying them to my ipod, I hardly listen to my CDs either (but I still like having them).
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Originally Posted by Johnny Zhivago
To be honest, I'm stunned at the compressed audio answers in this thread... Convenient, yes. High quality sound? Um, not even close.
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Originally Posted by DRG
Honestly, I can't tell the difference between a 192 bit encoded mp3 and a CD. Hell, I can barely tell the difference between a 128 bit encoded mp3 and a CD. Of course, I listen to 85% of my music on my computer with good but basic speakers, 10% in my car on my stock system, and about 5% on my mp3 player. I don't even own a 'stereo' anymore.
Originally Posted by atlantamoi
Probably all depends on where you listen to your music. I almost never sit on my couch and listen to a recording anymore (unless it's a 5.1 I really want to enjoy). Car, computer and jambox in the bathroom is pretty much it for me. Good quality Mp3s are fine for those situations.
Hi-rez audio was bound to fail because most people can't be bothered with taking the time to sit still and really listen, and that's a shame. But then again this is a country where American Idol passes as "music". So what do I know...
#23
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But I really dig chillin' on the couch with a nice hi-rez mix and a few cold ones.
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Originally Posted by Johnny Zhivago
You're right and I realize that I'm a rare breed these days... But I really dig chillin' on the couch with a nice hi-rez mix and a few cold ones.
#25
On a more general note, how many people still just go in their living room, put on a disc on their stereo and listen all the way through? I find this to be a lost pastime in the days of ipods and digital music. But SACD and DVD-Audio has brought this back and I love it (even though the formats are dying).