Comment on It's Not Just You: Music Streaming Is Broken Now

• Localhorst86@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  honestly, most of my CDs have been used once: Put in a PC and ripped (to 96kbps MP3s, of course!)

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  • maccentric@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That bitrate seems low? I always thought 160-192kbps was the floor for a decent sounding rip, but it’s been over a decade since I’ve even had a CD so maybe things are different now

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    • Localhorst86@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The Bitrate part was a joke, yes. 96k is low, although I just remembered a special mp3 codec from NERO that allowed for such low bitrate, at the same perceived sound quality as 128kbps.

      But obviously, all my CDs have been ripped as either V2, V0 or 320kbps - I personally have not noticed any difference to FLAC files with either of those qualities.

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      • cosmo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Almost no one can, or have equipment that can make the difference. That being said, the difference between an old mp3 and a new one is sometimes noticeable at the same bitrate. The encoding algorithm has improved a quite lot since the late 90s. I keep flacs as a master format that I make new encodes from when I want it on my phone and such though.

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      • HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        Opus/ogg @256 sounds at least as good as mp3 @320.

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    • remon@ani.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah, that’s low. I don’t bother with anything below 320 kbps.

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• UnbrokenTaco@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Where do you buy them from?

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  • cosmo@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Qobuz

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    • 6nk06@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I mostly buy from Bandcamp. Do you have the special Qibuz subscription to get discounts on purchases, and is it worth it ?

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      • cosmo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Nah. I don’t bother with that. I can’t listen to unlimited amounts of music anyway, and buying fewer albums I care more about makes me listen to them more instead, I’d say. I already have a massive music catalog going back to the early 2000s when I pirated a lot and just kept around.

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    • UnbrokenTaco@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Thanks

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  • qwank@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Om gonna guess bandcamp?

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    • cosmo@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Mostly Qobuz.

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    • UnbrokenTaco@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Oh, I thought that was only indie artists

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  • Eranziel@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Dunno about the user you asked, but I’ve used Bandcamp for that.

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