MP3 vs CD Audio? what do you use mainly?

Raiden01 · December 27th, 2002

here is a poll

i know cd audio is better but i just bought a mp3 and cd audio player and i can not notice any diference between mp3 and cd audio not even on the trakcs i conveted to mp3. id rather use mp3 ofcorse but i don't think there is any noricebile difference between the wav (cd audio) and mp3 format

**Kellicros** · December 27th, 2002

Merged your posts, removing the other one. They're on a same topic.

I use mp3 all the time, even if I got the audio cd, I will convert all the data into mp3 format. The reasons, they are smaller, and I can have more songs in one cd. There shouldnt be any different any different between the quality if you conver them properly.

RZetlin · December 27th, 2002

I use MP3 format. I never seem to have a reason to put them in the audio format.

Ninjaa · December 27th, 2002

I gave away all my CDs. I do notice a difference at extremely high volumes though

Rhombus · December 27th, 2002

The computer is my multimedia center, so I prefer to use mp3's. I transferred my 200+ CD collection (yes, actual real BOUGHT CD's) to mp3 format long ago. My discman still only uses audio CD's though so I use CD's when I'm walking around and listening to music.

**Shiori** · December 27th, 2002

MP3s unless I encounter a Cactus/Key2Audio-protected CD.

Zapages · December 27th, 2002

MP3 format or wma format which convert into Audio CDs

**Demigod** · December 27th, 2002

I use MP3s, as they are so much more convenient. As for quality I can't really tell a difference and I'm not going to strain my ears trying.

JAZ · December 27th, 2002

I use mp3 as well due to space concerns but I dont know how you can say theres no sound quality difference between cd audio & mp3, I can easilly telll the difference between a 128kbps mp3 and a cd.
I allways encode mp3s at the highest varible bit rate as its a lot harder to tell the difference between them and cd-audio, I can only assume you play them through crappy hi-fi systems or just computer "speakers" otherwise Im sure you all would agree with me.

Raiden01 · December 27th, 2002

i now have a sony dcj501 it play audio cd and mp3 im never gonna use the audio cd thing im only going to use it with mp3 discs, i pluged it up to the stero wich is very good and the mp3 at 190kbs and 160kbs which what i use have no diference but some are at lower bit rates and a tiny weny difference a bit of a hiss in the backround on one ,that i dont realy notice unless your realy listening , but the sony dcj501 play mp3 at 128kbs at amazing qulality that i dont realy notice unless your realy listening so i defernity prefer MP3

**Ryos** · December 27th, 2002

I usually don't bother with the regular CDs. They're more convenient to listen to in MP3.

**Prafull** · December 27th, 2002

I voted for mp3.

Come on guys ,cd audio is yet to get a vote.

**Shiori** · December 27th, 2002

OK, I use CD Audio in the car, but only because it can't play MP3s.

**Prafull** · December 27th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Shiori
OK, I use CD Audio in the car, but only because it can't play MP3s.

Hey ,Hey thats funny.

jegHegy · December 27th, 2002

i use mp3 on the PC, and CD Audio when it's turned off. i always encode my mp3 in 128-256kbps quality 2-3 VBR.

nyaa

**Yeloazndevil** · December 27th, 2002

I always use MP3 its great to use if u also have a MP3 Player

Raiden01 · December 28th, 2002

who voted for cd audio? hehe

zrepiV · December 29th, 2002

mp3... i don't go out except if it's for school, so, basically i don't need a cd player or anything, just a computer.

i got a cd player but, i don't buy cds (meh, i'm cheap) so, i just use the mp3s that i download to cds (illegal but, meh, what's legal these days?)

Cid Highwind · December 29th, 2002

I usually use cd-audio, my stereo and discman don't support mp3

So I always convert downloaded mp3's (only rare versions of good songs) to cd-Audio. But I really hate low-quality mp3's. Like 128kb/s, you can hear the difference when you compare it to cdaudio. At least with rock. When it's hardstyle, or hardcore the difference in quality isn't bothering me much. As long as the bass shakes the whole house

Quatro · December 29th, 2002

I mainly use mp3 on my PC... since we don't have a mp3 player on our stereo or even portable player, I use CD...

View Poll Results: whats your format?
MP3	19	90.48%
CD Audio	2	9.52%
Voters: 21. You may not vote on this poll

December 27th, 2002	#1 (permalink)
Raiden01 RaZoR (The Manic Cow!) Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 788	MP3 vs CD Audio? what do you use mainly? here is a poll i know cd audio is better but i just bought a mp3 and cd audio player and i can not notice any diference between mp3 and cd audio not even on the trakcs i conveted to mp3. id rather use mp3 ofcorse but i don't think there is any noricebile difference between the wav (cd audio) and mp3 format __________________ What is real? How do you define real?, if real is what we touch, feel then reall is nothing but electrical signals interprited by your brain. PC SPEC Gigabyte 8IK1100 motherboard:mg: NEW ABIT IC7-G 2X 512MB PC3200LLPT CORSAIR RAM Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHZ Processor with HT Seagate SATA 120GB Hard drive, Maxtor IDE 120GB hard drive Creative Nvidia Geforce FX 5900 Ultra Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum Pro CDRW 52X24X52X DVD ROM 16x 550 WATT antec PSU Last edited by Evil Squall; December 27th, 2002 at 13:44.

December 27th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
Kellicros Administrator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Posts: 7,684	Merged your posts, removing the other one. They're on a same topic. I use mp3 all the time, even if I got the audio cd, I will convert all the data into mp3 format. The reasons, they are smaller, and I can have more songs in one cd. There shouldnt be any different any different between the quality if you conver them properly. __________________ Kellicros' DeviantArt

December 27th, 2002	#3 (permalink)
RZetlin General of Tangerines Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Defending the Sea Posts: 3,883	I use MP3 format. I never seem to have a reason to put them in the audio format. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3700+ \| 2 GB RAM \| XFX Nvidia 6800 GS 256 MB XXX Edition \| Win XP Pro SP2

December 27th, 2002	#5 (permalink)
Rhombus The Moogle Assassin Join Date: May 2002 Location: Boulder, Colorado Posts: 2,080	The computer is my multimedia center, so I prefer to use mp3's. I transferred my 200+ CD collection (yes, actual real BOUGHT CD's) to mp3 format long ago. My discman still only uses audio CD's though so I use CD's when I'm walking around and listening to music. __________________ Processor: Athlon 64 3400+ Mobo: MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R RAM: 1 GB Corsair XMS GFX Card: Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128 Sound Card: SB Audigy 2 ZS HDD1: Seagate 160MB 8MB 7200 HDD2: Seagate 80MB 8MB 7200 Burner: NEC 16x DVDR Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech Cordless MX Duo USB Gamepad1: PS2 Dual Analog/KiKY X USB Gamepad2: Gravis GamePad Pro OS: Windows XP Pro sp2 *Tempus fugit et nos fugimus in illus.* *Fiat justitia; ruat coelum.*

December 27th, 2002	#4 (permalink)
Ninjaa Banned Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Soviet Canuckistan Posts: 0	I gave away all my CDs. I do notice a difference at extremely high volumes though

December 27th, 2002	#6 (permalink)
Shiori :3 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Seoul, South Korea Posts: 10,116	MP3s unless I encounter a Cactus/Key2Audio-protected CD. __________________ "...And when I finally meet you again, I want to ask you - have you found what you were looking for? Because that's what I felt you were doing, all these years. And I want to hear you answer, "Yes, I have, thank you for asking," and we'll be together again, until the end of our days..."

December 27th, 2002	#7 (permalink)
Zapages Prince of Persia Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: USA Posts: 1,096	MP3 format or wma format which convert into Audio CDs __________________ Prince of Persia Legacy and Prince of Persia Gallery

December 27th, 2002	#8 (permalink)
Demigod これはバタスです Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,811	I use MP3s, as they are so much more convenient. As for quality I can't really tell a difference and I'm not going to strain my ears trying. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66 Ghz (Yorkfield) Mobo: Intel DX48BT2 Memory: 2048 MB PC10600 DDR3 Videocard: PNY Geforce 9800 GX2 PCIe w/ 1024 MB GDDR3 Soundcard: On-board SigmaTel High Definition Audio Hard drive: 300 MB Maxtor & 1 TB Hitachi Optical drive: LG GGW-H20L (2x BD-R DL) OS: Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit)

December 27th, 2002	#9 (permalink)
JAZ Nintendo Zealot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: UK Posts: 1,424	I use mp3 as well due to space concerns but I dont know how you can say theres no sound quality difference between cd audio & mp3, I can easilly telll the difference between a 128kbps mp3 and a cd. I allways encode mp3s at the highest varible bit rate as its a lot harder to tell the difference between them and cd-audio, I can only assume you play them through crappy hi-fi systems or just computer "speakers" otherwise Im sure you all would agree with me.

December 27th, 2002	#10 (permalink)
Raiden01 RaZoR (The Manic Cow!) Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 788	i now have a sony dcj501 it play audio cd and mp3 im never gonna use the audio cd thing im only going to use it with mp3 discs, i pluged it up to the stero wich is very good and the mp3 at 190kbs and 160kbs which what i use have no diference but some are at lower bit rates and a tiny weny difference a bit of a hiss in the backround on one ,that i dont realy notice unless your realy listening , but the sony dcj501 play mp3 at 128kbs at amazing qulality that i dont realy notice unless your realy listening so i defernity prefer MP3 __________________ What is real? How do you define real?, if real is what we touch, feel then reall is nothing but electrical signals interprited by your brain. PC SPEC Gigabyte 8IK1100 motherboard:mg: NEW ABIT IC7-G 2X 512MB PC3200LLPT CORSAIR RAM Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHZ Processor with HT Seagate SATA 120GB Hard drive, Maxtor IDE 120GB hard drive Creative Nvidia Geforce FX 5900 Ultra Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum Pro CDRW 52X24X52X DVD ROM 16x 550 WATT antec PSU

December 27th, 2002	#11 (permalink)
Ryos Revenger of Vengeance Join Date: May 2001 Location: Nowhere Posts: 11,250	I usually don't bother with the regular CDs. They're more convenient to listen to in MP3. __________________ Sanity is overrated.

December 27th, 2002	#12 (permalink)
Prafull Administrator, PCSX2 tester Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: India Posts: 676	I voted for mp3. Come on guys ,cd audio is yet to get a vote. __________________ E6750, Abit ip35E, XFX 8600GT 256 MB DDR3, Transcend 2GB DDR2 800 RAM

December 27th, 2002	#13 (permalink)
Shiori :3 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Seoul, South Korea Posts: 10,116	OK, I use CD Audio in the car, but only because it can't play MP3s. __________________ "...And when I finally meet you again, I want to ask you - have you found what you were looking for? Because that's what I felt you were doing, all these years. And I want to hear you answer, "Yes, I have, thank you for asking," and we'll be together again, until the end of our days..."

December 27th, 2002	#15 (permalink)
jegHegy Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Hungary Posts: 2,184	i use mp3 on the PC, and CD Audio when it's turned off. i always encode my mp3 in 128-256kbps quality 2-3 VBR. nyaa

December 27th, 2002	#16 (permalink)
Yeloazndevil :3 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,140	I always use MP3 its great to use if u also have a MP3 Player

December 28th, 2002	#17 (permalink)
Raiden01 RaZoR (The Manic Cow!) Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 788	who voted for cd audio? hehe __________________ What is real? How do you define real?, if real is what we touch, feel then reall is nothing but electrical signals interprited by your brain. PC SPEC Gigabyte 8IK1100 motherboard:mg: NEW ABIT IC7-G 2X 512MB PC3200LLPT CORSAIR RAM Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHZ Processor with HT Seagate SATA 120GB Hard drive, Maxtor IDE 120GB hard drive Creative Nvidia Geforce FX 5900 Ultra Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum Pro CDRW 52X24X52X DVD ROM 16x 550 WATT antec PSU

December 29th, 2002	#18 (permalink)
zrepiV Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: TDot Posts: 577	mp3... i don't go out except if it's for school, so, basically i don't need a cd player or anything, just a computer. i got a cd player but, i don't buy cds (meh, i'm cheap) so, i just use the mp3s that i download to cds (illegal but, meh, what's legal these days?)

December 29th, 2002	#19 (permalink)
Cid Highwind Ramma Gay Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Somwhere out in space? The Land of the Free? Heaven or Hell? Posts: 11,536	I usually use cd-audio, my stereo and discman don't support mp3 So I always convert downloaded mp3's (only rare versions of good songs) to cd-Audio. But I really hate low-quality mp3's. Like 128kb/s, you can hear the difference when you compare it to cdaudio. At least with rock. When it's hardstyle, or hardcore the difference in quality isn't bothering me much. As long as the bass shakes the whole house __________________ Geometry Wars: 198.400 Lumines: 523.879 Rip: Cid's Bleemcast 28-08-2007 X360/Wii/PS3 belong to the current generation, update your mindset FFS

December 29th, 2002	#20 (permalink)
Quatro c3rTifiEd V@mpIr3 Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Laguna Posts: 8,295	I mainly use mp3 on my PC... since we don't have a mp3 player on our stereo or even portable player, I use CD... __________________ BE ONE OF US I JOIN THE WOLF CLAN - when you think that you have accomplish so much, many think of it as so little...

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