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#1080487
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Am I a hipster?
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chyron8472 said:

dahmage said:

chyron8472 said:

yhwx said:

chyron8472 said:

yhwx said:

chyron8472 said:

Also, I did once listen to an NPR segment about vinyl, and how encoding on vinyl is inherently superior because digital reproduction of an analog wavelength by its very nature removes information.

That argument is BS, by the way.

https://wiki.xiph.org/Videos/Digital_Show_and_Tell

Which argument? That analog-to-analog is better; or that FLAC would make for a reasonable lossless copy?

The former.

I didn’t claim to be an expert. I just said I heard a segment on the subject, and they claimed that was why vinyl is actually better than CD. That article you linked is a bit tl;dr for me in refuting it.

you probably misunderstood the segment because it was a digital broadcast.

Hey, I still have music encoded as MP3 @ ~192k VBR from back in the day when file size mattered. And I’ve RECENTLY ripped my entire Audible library to MP3 VBR -q8. I’m no audiophile.

There’s no problem with either of those settings. Only superhumans can tell the difference between high bitrate MP3s and lossless files. 😉

Most audiophile stuff is overpriced voodoo.

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#1080481
Topic
Am I a hipster?
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chyron8472 said:

yhwx said:

chyron8472 said:

Also, I did once listen to an NPR segment about vinyl, and how encoding on vinyl is inherently superior because digital reproduction of an analog wavelength by its very nature removes information.

That argument is BS, by the way.

https://wiki.xiph.org/Videos/Digital_Show_and_Tell

Which argument? That analog-to-analog is better; or that FLAC would make for a reasonable lossless copy?

The former.

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#1080027
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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In serious news…

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/31/politics/trump-paris-accord/index.html

President Donald Trump is expected to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, two senior US officials familiar with his plans told CNN Wednesday, a major break from international partners that would isolate the United States in global efforts to curb global warming.

The decision, which will be announced this week, would put the US at odds with nearly every other nation on earth. It would reflect a major reversal of the Obama administration’s efforts on climate change. And it could trigger further efforts to erode the landmark climate agreement.