While I can't (mostly) tell the difference between the original CD and a ~140Kbs VBR MP3, I _can_ tell the difference between a 140Kbs VBR MB3 made from the CD source, and a 140Kbs VBR MP3 made from a 256Kbs VBR MP3.
Lossless isn't for listening to, it's for archiving. And make sure you get the cuesheet, pregaps, etc. right when you're archiving too:)
In my experience, the less valuable the car, the lower the difference between fully comp and third party. I've had quotes about £10 apart, and the fully comp came with a lower excess!
I can't believe no-one's mentioned courdroy trousers yet. They are generally pretty hardwearing, and look respectable enough for a tie, if you want. They are also generally pretty comfortable.
It has a huge benefit for the filling station, who make most of their profit by selling people overpriced snacks, prominently displayed while they are queuing up to pay. Spending £50 on petrol? Why not spend £1 on a chocolate bar normally costing 59p? Go on, it's tasty chocolate, and it will look like you spent it on petrol on the bank statement. Go-on. Mmmmm.
Even with the losses, I always though hydrogen would be the way to go for excess energy stored up through the day. I realize it wouldn't power cars at its density level
Ah - I hadn't realised he was the drummer for The Police. Turns out I have "The singles collection" on CD, so I've used track 1 - roxanne, for my test.
I used foobar2k's ABX component on my standard setup, and I used lame V3.98 for mp3 conversions. I concentrated hard on the hi-hats in particular.
I failed the ABX test against lame at 192Kbs constant and q4 VBR (average 137kbps) I had a little success at q6 VBR (average 112kbps), but not conclusive success. I had no trouble at all at q7 VBR, but then lame resamples at 32kHz for that, and it was very noticeable.
So, maybe I'm just deaf, or my equipment sucks. But for my purposes, q4 VBR is definitely sufficient for playback, and frankly q6 VBR is good enough for me, which is why I use it on my portable player to fit more music on. Although I do keep all my CDs ripped in lossless archives anyway.
Give me a link to a.flac or similar lossless that you think proves the point - I'll mp3 it at 192Kbps and abx test. I'd love to be proved wrong, but I've not yet been able to distinguish the two with any of my music.
I do hope you're maintaining proper.cue sheets for those CDs. I always find it funny when people rip CDs to individual.flacs per track and throw away metadata, like lossless is only important for the audio.
Yeah, I'm not sure that's universally true, actually. We know who your president is, but I suspect at least 50% of UK citizens couldn't tell you which party he represents.
Seconded - it's simple, will run smoothly on older hardware (even down to 128Mb of RAM), but has the full up-to-date Ubuntu kernel. Set it to auto-update, and Bob's your uncle.
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To listen to on a player with limited storage. Sure, that's not your only copy, you keep lossless too.
Oh, for mod points.
While I can't (mostly) tell the difference between the original CD and a ~140Kbs VBR MP3, I _can_ tell the difference between a 140Kbs VBR MB3 made from the CD source, and a 140Kbs VBR MP3 made from a 256Kbs VBR MP3.
Lossless isn't for listening to, it's for archiving. And make sure you get the cuesheet, pregaps, etc. right when you're archiving too :)
Moded overrated? Someone didn't eat their sense-of-humour flakes this morning.
No, it drives on the right side of the road. Which is to say the left side. Not the right side, as that's the wrong side. Clear?
How many shillings in a pound are there, anyway?
20
Well, that's not true any more now that the analogue signal has been switched off. My TV can't pick up any TV at all!
Who on earth actually encodes MP3 at constant bit rates any more? This isn't last millennium, you know.
In my experience, the less valuable the car, the lower the difference between fully comp and third party. I've had quotes about £10 apart, and the fully comp came with a lower excess!
I can't believe no-one's mentioned courdroy trousers yet. They are generally pretty hardwearing, and look respectable enough for a tie, if you want. They are also generally pretty comfortable.
He has the best medical care money can buy
Isn't all his medical care paid for by the National Health Service?
You can buy LEDs on a roll. Just stick them to the ceiling in a line, cross, square, whatever.
http://www.simplyled.co.uk/5m-LED-Flexible-Strip-Light-Kit-350-piece-SMD-5050-includes-LED-Driver-in-Cool-White_AZVTY.aspx?nh=0
It has a huge benefit for the filling station, who make most of their profit by selling people overpriced snacks, prominently displayed while they are queuing up to pay. Spending £50 on petrol? Why not spend £1 on a chocolate bar normally costing 59p? Go on, it's tasty chocolate, and it will look like you spent it on petrol on the bank statement. Go-on. Mmmmm.
The greens hate oil, coal, natural gas, nuclear, and dams.
Not at all true - Greens hate oil, coal and natural gas, sure. But many greens are pro-nuclear, and dams have their place.
Even with the losses, I always though hydrogen would be the way to go for excess energy stored up through the day. I realize it wouldn't power cars at its density level
Have you seen this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCX_Clarity
Ah - I hadn't realised he was the drummer for The Police. Turns out I have "The singles collection" on CD, so I've used track 1 - roxanne, for my test.
I used foobar2k's ABX component on my standard setup, and I used lame V3.98 for mp3 conversions. I concentrated hard on the hi-hats in particular.
I failed the ABX test against lame at 192Kbs constant and q4 VBR (average 137kbps)
I had a little success at q6 VBR (average 112kbps), but not conclusive success.
I had no trouble at all at q7 VBR, but then lame resamples at 32kHz for that, and it was very noticeable.
So, maybe I'm just deaf, or my equipment sucks. But for my purposes, q4 VBR is definitely sufficient for playback, and frankly q6 VBR is good enough for me, which is why I use it on my portable player to fit more music on. Although I do keep all my CDs ripped in lossless archives anyway.
Give me a link to a .flac or similar lossless that you think proves the point - I'll mp3 it at 192Kbps and abx test. I'd love to be proved wrong, but I've not yet been able to distinguish the two with any of my music.
I do hope you're maintaining proper .cue sheets for those CDs. I always find it funny when people rip CDs to individual .flacs per track and throw away metadata, like lossless is only important for the audio.
+1 We are basically the same. Kids slightly younger, but excelling at school and very tall and lean.
B12 is the only one we are even slightly concerned with, and that's easily obtained from either a multivitamin or fortified breakfast cereals.
The Co-operative has been offering this insurance for nearly a year already in the UK:
http://www.co-operativeinsurance.co.uk/servlet/Satellite/1286521010203,CFSweb/Page/Insurance-Car
Oh come on, it doesn't have to be a single server. Plenty of web businesses are able to manage 24-7, it's not outside the wit of man.
Opera didn't have to distribute a patch, because they use OCSP and CRLs properly. And I've never heard of anyone complaining that it causes a problem.
I use a lot less than 200 minutes a month (about 15 last month), and I love my android phone.
Brits know what Republicans are.
Yeah, I'm not sure that's universally true, actually. We know who your president is, but I suspect at least 50% of UK citizens couldn't tell you which party he represents.
This is why we pray.
Seconded - it's simple, will run smoothly on older hardware (even down to 128Mb of RAM), but has the full up-to-date Ubuntu kernel. Set it to auto-update, and Bob's your uncle.