hahahahahhahhahahahahahhahahahahah yeah right.
Waste of money for the deaf or audio un-inclined. It also makes a difference on the style of music you listen to. Well produced high resolution recording played back on crap equipment will sound like crap. If you're listening to some backwoods banjo crap then I think you'd be fine with a phonograph.
Don't listen to the consumer marketed crap that these companies feed you. If you have a basic home setup with happy pc speakers and such you're never going to notice a difference between a 16bit or 24bit encoded file. the only time 24bit is even an issue is when you're in a pro studio recording tracks. cd's are 16bit at 44.1hz. if you rip it as a uncompressed wav you'll get that same quality. anything else is just a compressed likeness to the cd's quality. hell, HD radio is just now able to give you the capablity to listen to FM transmission at CD quality. What makes you think that your home pc is going to out perform an industry standard recording format? If you have a home studio my best advise is to get a rack based audio interface. The M-Audio Delta 1010 isn't a bad place to start especially since you can put four of them to a box with a max of 32 analog ins/outs. It'll set you back about $500 but what else do you want for 8 ins/outs in a home production studio.
For home users. Its all about the quality of the equipment you use. There is always a step above what you have and if you have the best there is always something coming out tomorrow to top it. Get what you can afford and enjoy life.
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hahahahahhahhahahahahahhahahahahah yeah right. Waste of money for the deaf or audio un-inclined. It also makes a difference on the style of music you listen to. Well produced high resolution recording played back on crap equipment will sound like crap. If you're listening to some backwoods banjo crap then I think you'd be fine with a phonograph.
umm... no, they suck. thats why they're old and obsolete. 1995, hell yeah... great stuff. now. no buddy, they suck.
Don't listen to the consumer marketed crap that these companies feed you. If you have a basic home setup with happy pc speakers and such you're never going to notice a difference between a 16bit or 24bit encoded file. the only time 24bit is even an issue is when you're in a pro studio recording tracks. cd's are 16bit at 44.1hz. if you rip it as a uncompressed wav you'll get that same quality. anything else is just a compressed likeness to the cd's quality. hell, HD radio is just now able to give you the capablity to listen to FM transmission at CD quality. What makes you think that your home pc is going to out perform an industry standard recording format? If you have a home studio my best advise is to get a rack based audio interface. The M-Audio Delta 1010 isn't a bad place to start especially since you can put four of them to a box with a max of 32 analog ins/outs. It'll set you back about $500 but what else do you want for 8 ins/outs in a home production studio. For home users. Its all about the quality of the equipment you use. There is always a step above what you have and if you have the best there is always something coming out tomorrow to top it. Get what you can afford and enjoy life.