Question about mp3s

[gallagher28]

was reading somewhere about lossless m4a's and how mp3s lose sound which is unrecoverable due to compression and though they are convienient its kind of a letdown. So whats the best quality rip from an original cd (format) and does anybody really know whats lost? is it guitar riffs? I always thought it was my stereo headphones that were missing surround channels when i hear a guitar line missing or "in the background" I got the m4a files for an album which in mp3 is 81mb and in losless is 400mb and it DOES sound very crisp but well i dont think it warrants me changing over and wasting space...just wonder what you think out there

[dolphinskull]

this should explain everything

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[MEGADOUCHE]

Fucking mp3's How Do They Work?

[slickricksdick]

I think you should be copying your CDs to 8 tracks. Fuck CDs. Fuck MP3s, Fuck M4a, fuck WMA, fuck fuck fuck the policeman...

[fuzzy_warbles]

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Guitar riffs, you gotta be shittin me.
What's missing is what most humans can't hear.
Stereo headphones don't have surround channels, they have 2-left & right.
It sounds like you're listening to one channel in both sides of the headphones.

[ForgottenOne]

Check out .flac - I convert my tracks to that format.

[cs34]

I also like flac. 320 kbps mp3's are a good compromise as well.

[Nefarious]

A third vote for FLAC. That said, once you get to 256-320 for an mp3, most people will not be able to discern the difference, particularly on a portable device.