If anyone who listens to these really thinks the sound needs improving (and not just because they are compressed, because you really think you can hear artifacts), I will see if I can dig up the original WAVs I stored away and provide a new version.
And to those who CAN hear the difference, many audio magazines have done the double blind listening test with compressed and uncompressed sources over and over again and the results are always the same - no one can definitively hear the difference.
If someone can point me to a test which has shown otherwise, I'd really love to see it.
Here are my specs for anyone interested:
- Technics SL1200 MK2 turntable
- Ortofon "Concorde" cartridge & nightclub stylus (20-22k)
- NAD preamp
- LAME encoder (VBR avg 256)