Re: WODS Music Screw Ups

[Eli Polonsky <elipolo@earthlink.net>]

on 3/24/02 4:08 PM, SteveOrdinetz at steveord@bit-net.com wrote:

> Eli Polonsky wrote:
> 
>> I don't know whether this is true, but someone told me that WODS sent an
>> amount of their music library from 1170 Soldiers Field to Leo Birmingham
>> Parkway via mp3 files.
> 
> 
> Ugh!  There are easier/better ways to transfer a music library.  It's not
> like they have a lot of hard-to-find songs in their library...most
> manufacturers of music-on-hard-drive systems can pre-load it with your
> library.  Some charge extra, some don't.  Maybe they figured their audience
> has little enough hearing left so they can't hear the difference?  I for
> one can hear mp3 artifacts on a good stereo (though they usually sound OK
> on a boombox or computer speakers).

Most audiophiles I know (or have chatted with on the web) consider mp3
unacceptable for serious high-quality copying, transferring or dubbing.

Eli