Hi Jake

Under laboratory conditions, sure.

But once you factor in the effect of wind noise, tire vibration, and the
unusual (to put it politely) acoustical signature of a vanagon interior I
would venture to say the quality difference narrows significantly.

When the van stops rolling and I am camping I usually prefer to stay away
from canned music; I use the radio to keep up with the world through CBC
news but otherwise I don't  bother much with it. YMMV.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
www.pottsfamily.ca
WWW.BUSESOFTHECORN.CA   <--- NEW .CA DOMAIN!!!
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender hardtop Vanagon
1988 Wolfsburg Weekender hardtop Vanagon
1973 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"

> Comparing a 35,000 to 50,000 KB WAV file with a 5,000KB MP3 is silly. The
> difference in the amount of musical information conveyed is gigantic.
>
> Its like the difference between AM radio and Hi-Fi.
> Kids who have been raised on hyper-compressed TV, movies and dance tracks
> may have never had an opportunity to hear what music - instruments and
> voices - sound like and that's a shame.
>
> Tell me you like the convenience but please don't  tell me there's no
> difference in the audio quality!  ;)
>
> Jake
>
> On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  RE: Audio Quality, CD vs MP3 vs WMA etc.
>>
>> Interesting observations.  Just for kicks I'm going to take a couple of
>> tracks from a good CD, rip as WMA and MP3, burn and then compare in my
>> head
>> unit.  With my lousy ears and the inexpensive Pioneer head unit and
>> cheap
>> speakers I doubt that I'll be able to hear any difference but it's worth
>> playing with.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
>
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>
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