13-09-2011, 15:10
Your answers are very interesting.
I'm not the most purist, by the way. I don't even have a proper sounding system to 100% enjoy the full quality of my CDs (the reason is that I don't have a lot of money, I still dream of my future great sounding system that I will buy someday...). I even ripped my entire CD collection into MP3 (I made them 224, it was the best compromise for space and I don't really hear a difference from my portable cd player) for the convenience of my mp3 player. Half my listening time is made through my MP3 player with Sony 15$ earphones. And that's ok for me, I can't really complain about the sound.
I am mostly concerned about the principle of quality. It's just that it's unacceptable for companies to sell compressed music. As someone said here, so much attention is made in the recording studio to make a great sound, only to end up being sold as a compressed form. That's lacking respect to the artists involved. I don't care if CD become obsolete, as long as the next form is full quality. We are evolving, aren't we? Doesn't that mean going toward better in everything?
I'm not the most purist, by the way. I don't even have a proper sounding system to 100% enjoy the full quality of my CDs (the reason is that I don't have a lot of money, I still dream of my future great sounding system that I will buy someday...). I even ripped my entire CD collection into MP3 (I made them 224, it was the best compromise for space and I don't really hear a difference from my portable cd player) for the convenience of my mp3 player. Half my listening time is made through my MP3 player with Sony 15$ earphones. And that's ok for me, I can't really complain about the sound.
I am mostly concerned about the principle of quality. It's just that it's unacceptable for companies to sell compressed music. As someone said here, so much attention is made in the recording studio to make a great sound, only to end up being sold as a compressed form. That's lacking respect to the artists involved. I don't care if CD become obsolete, as long as the next form is full quality. We are evolving, aren't we? Doesn't that mean going toward better in everything?