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DrLove
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Anyway, to each his own.....
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Let's keep it to that..
However, you must have pretty good ears to distinguish between 128 and 196.... especially if you don't hear them at the same time.
Furthermore, nowadays music (except for classical) is of such mediocre quality that 128 will do. If you're looking for the older stuff (1990 or earlier) then this applies for sure.
Moreover, not all 100 baht copies are taken from original CDs. A lot of them are compiled (especially those from compilations) from other MP3 CDs.
Another reason why they use 128 is that more fits on a CD. The basic thought of the average consumer is, the more the better.
BTW The mp3 CDs are by far the best value. Getting around 150-200 songs for 70 baht.. beats the hell out of downloading. I guess you have to adapt your choice though.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 7:12 pm on Dec. 14, 2006
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Quote: from visitingbkk on 8:06 am on Dec. 15, 2006
Let me know where you find this? I have gotten original CDs from the major stores, no problem. However we have purchased more than 50 CDs from various stalls in town and they are not identical copies of the originals. Many are compilations and even those which are identical (on a track basis) have all been 128k.
I spoke to guys at 2 different stalls about this and they said confirmed most of what they sell is 128.
You're talking about compilations that contain MP3s, which for my tastes, are crap anyways. If you stick with the ones that look and feel like copies of originals (not hard to figure out), then you invariably get the better quality - the additional benefit is that when importing them at 192kbps, iTunes will automatically find track information on CDDB™, and name the encoded tracks in iTunes automagically. With MP3s you are stuck with whatever the original encoder named them, and their bad choices in spelling.
Quote: from DrLove on 9:36 am on Dec. 15, 2006
Another reason why they use 128 is that more fits on a CD. The basic thought of the average consumer is, the more the better.
The doc is right that, unfortunately, the average consumer is satisfied with mediocre quality.
When playing music back on a cheap little player it probably makes not much differenmce, but if you feed the music to your stereo, you will hear the differences between 128k and 192k readily, once you know what to listen for.
Certainly, to each their own - I just have different criteria for enjoying my music. I maintain my music library online, and stream it to my stereo -- though when I copy stuff to my iPod shuffle, the 128k quality is just fine.
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 2:28 am on Dec. 15, 2006
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Buai
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I just switch on the radio.
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 2:39 am on Dec. 15, 2006
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VSoCal
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I assume that you are still talking about encoding MP3s at 128 CBR? I've been encoding my collection at 192 VBR, which is what seems to be recommended by a few places. Also, from what I can gather, the good BitTorrent sites tend to lean toward 192 VBR for some of the better recordings.
Sorry, did that make sense?
-VS
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 2:40 am on Dec. 15, 2006
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Buai
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Quote: from VSoCal on 5:04 pm on Dec. 15, 2006
Sorry, did that make sense?
No. Does it help me to change from one radio station to another?
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 3:18 am on Dec. 15, 2006
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Mel Gibson
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Is that the station with nana maskuri ( spelling) ???
MG
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Bangkok Women : Meet Beautiful Thai Girls
Posted on: 4:59 am on Dec. 15, 2006
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"BTW The mp3 CDs are by far the best value. Getting around 150-200 songs for 70 baht.. beats the hell out of downloading. I guess you have to adapt your choice though."
Where do you get these ?
and what king of music is available ? 60s-70s rock or ?///
thanks
BD
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 10:55 am on Dec. 15, 2006
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hyperterminal
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192 or 128 who really cares, mp3 format is not really to be taken seriously if you after quality is it? If your serious about quality then the setup would be as follows, 2 x Jadis monoblocks 100W KT88 tubes, jadis pre-amp, audio-quest interconnects, CEC mk2 cd transport, Musical fidelity DAC, red dawn speaker cable with some b&w 802's... mp3 is great for your day-2day running around nothing more nothing less, as for quality, the nature of this highly compressed format leaves it lifeless without soundstage or depth.....like a badly mastered tune from a cheap and nasty mastering studio who's mantra is "mastering is about using the wavelab for dummies guide!"
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Thai Girls : Meet Active Thai Girls
Posted on: 9:49 pm on Dec. 16, 2006
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expatchuck
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Mel:
It's "Nana Mouskouri".
You're welcome!
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 10:48 pm on Dec. 16, 2006
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DrLove
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Where do you get these ?
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All over Bangkok.... Pantip, Ratchada IT Mall, Tawana.
Most of them sell them for 100 baht, my friend supplies them for 70 baht.
Many titles available, from the newest to oldies of the 60 and 70s.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 4:51 am on Dec. 17, 2006
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