Re: Vinyl records making a comeback
Originally Posted by
Floydy
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I can still hear music perfectly well but not so 'pitch-perfect' that any hi-tech wizardry could improve....
It's similar to people who buy the most expensive HD ready 3D and what not TVs, when their eyesight is so poor they need glasses with milk bottle lenses. Pointless and expensive really.
If CDs are being ripped to another sort of media (a USB drive for instance), then the better file format of FLAC might as well be chosen. The advantage being that it can be converted to MP3 if needed while always keeping the FLAC files for devices that will play them.
The difference in sound quality between the two file formats may not be noticeable but the music may as well be played in the better file format as not. If the difference cannot be heard, at least you'd know it was a limitation of the ears rather than it being that the quality is just not present in the poorer file format.
'Format shifting' (putting CDs onto USB drives) unfortunately has legal aspect to consider. It was ruled allowable for personal use at one time but an appeal from the music industry overturned this. I believe it is now (strictly speaking) illegal again.
Whether this is taken any notice of (or even thought incorrect info.) is up to the individual but I think having copied the music, it might be good to keep the CD or vinyl record that was purchased. Then, in the unlikely event the copying was discovered, you could at least prove you had originally bought the music, rather than copied it from a friend's music collection.
As regards HD television, I'm pleased to say I can still see the difference between HD and non-HD transmissions providing I have my glasses on. I much prefer to watch HD transmissions where the station offers the option.