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Moth3r
Parent topic
Happy 25th Birthday, Compact Disc
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Date created
23-Aug-2007, 10:47 AM
Got my first CD player late in the day, probably around 92 or 93. Over the following 10 years or so, I amassed a large collection of those overpriced (in the UK, anyway) silver discs.

I can't remember the last time I bought an audio CD. There's not much new music worth listening to, and the odd track I like I'll download illegally - I feel I've given the music industry enough of my cash already over the years. And anyway, if you buy an audio CD these days it'll most likely be a non-standard, copy-protected disc (or try and install some crap software on your PC).

I can very easily tell the difference between mp3 and uncompressed WAV. Especially with orchestral music. I don't know how to describe it... cycling? Wahwahwah.... It's very obvious.
I often see posts on here from people who claim they can hear the difference between audio encoded with lossy compression and the uncompressed original. Personally I'm "agnostic" - I believe that some people genuinely can hear a difference. However, I also believe in the "placebo effect" (because I've experienced it myself); this is where you perceive a loss in quality because you know what you're listening to is compressed. For this reason, unless someone can support their claim with ABX test results, I will always regard such statements as subjective opinion.