Maya Clars
Active member
Do you listen to music on an MP3 player? I also thought it's funny that we call it "mp3 player " when most people listen to hi-res and not mp3 format on it.
rob aylestone
Moderator
I have listened to compressed formats ever since the MD days - the compression artefacts have always been minor to me, and I will happily listen to an mp3 without digging out a .wav or .flac. Some people are allergic to mp3s - I've never been one. I've got all sorts of formats here - from 1 7/8th quarter track to 2 track 15IPS on quarter inch, mini disc, mp3s, and digital in a gazillion formats. The only ones that grate are the ones that hiss, and the reduced bit rate ones. 320 at 16bit is fine for me.
Eric V
Member at-large
I don't have a dedicated mp3 player, but I just use them for uploading to various platforms for the sake of ease. Wave (.wav) files sometimes can go over upload thresholds. Like Rob, I have no problem with them. I can't hear a difference between them and the .wav file equivalent, but maybe that's just me.
Slouching Raymond
Well-known member
While not an early adopter, I did buy a cheap little MP3 player. Then I transferred my entire CD collection to MP3 format,
and put it on a microSD card in the player.
I'd only use it if I knew I'd be stuck somewhere bored out of my mind for hours.
There have been a couple of such occasions:
1. I spent a whole night at Waterloo Railway Station, in London, to be there for the first morning train to Paris.
The place is totally dead, with everything closed at night. Toilets closed, and not even a coffee machine.
2. Waiting for a ferry back from Cherbourg, France, for some hours.
I don't generally have my ears plugged in all the time, like youngsters do.
I prefer to look around and experience the place I am in.
In a car, or train, I like looking out of the window at everything.
and put it on a microSD card in the player.
I'd only use it if I knew I'd be stuck somewhere bored out of my mind for hours.
There have been a couple of such occasions:
1. I spent a whole night at Waterloo Railway Station, in London, to be there for the first morning train to Paris.
The place is totally dead, with everything closed at night. Toilets closed, and not even a coffee machine.
2. Waiting for a ferry back from Cherbourg, France, for some hours.
I don't generally have my ears plugged in all the time, like youngsters do.
I prefer to look around and experience the place I am in.
In a car, or train, I like looking out of the window at everything.
