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ill take that $100 challenge lol.

128 is the lowest i would ever use.

i always rip my cds at 256 or better.

all that downloadin shit off of limewire or w/e else people use is terrible quality.

in our recording studio we have an extremely acoustically correct room, with amazing speakers driven off of amazing amplifiers, and we were listening to a few different cd's the other night looking for ideas and we came across a few (store bought) cd's that sounded like low bitrate mp3's. i was amazed that someone would put something like that out to sell.

Well, all my downloaded music is above iTunes. I ONLY download 320kb & FLACS. Every now & then, I'll go w/ a 256kb.I also don't use Limewire or iTunes. I just use W-BB for everything. I pay about $30 a month to download any movie/music/program for free.

Oh, I can tell a difference. I have a pair of AKG K701s driven of a home headphone amp. You can tell a pretty big difference w/ acoustical music. These headphones weren't built for rap/hip-hop anyways.

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i think something with REAL detail like REAL music might be easier to tell......i love rap, i love big basslines.... but its not really what i would consider real music, or i should say "reference" music :D


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Well, all my downloaded music is above iTunes. I ONLY download 320kb & FLACS. Every now & then, I'll go w/ a 256kb.I also don't use Limewire or iTunes. I just use W-BB for everything. I pay about $30 a month to download any movie/music/program for free.

Oh, I can tell a difference. I have a pair of AKG K701s driven of a home headphone amp. You can tell a pretty big difference w/ acoustical music. These headphones weren't built for rap/hip-hop anyways.

what is this W-BB you speak of? lol

i cant remember which model they are, but we have a few pairs of some AKG's in the studio, the ones with like 5 drivers per side or some shit, they sound good just dont pull enough power to get loud enough (we got plenty of power too them too, big ass JBL amp running the headphones).

edit: those def. arent built for rap/hip hop, few big basslines hit them things when theyre cranked and some confetti be flyin out of 'em lol

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I upgraded all my 128k's to 256k and i can tell a big difference. I downloaded keak da sneaks's - town business and Ren da Heat Monsta - West Up and they sound much better than some of the older stuff I downloaded. Much better highs and lows. The volume is a million times better. Hope that helps.

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what is this W-BB you speak of? lol

i cant remember which model they are, but we have a few pairs of some AKG's in the studio, the ones with like 5 drivers per side or some shit, they sound good just dont pull enough power to get loud enough (we got plenty of power too them too, big ass JBL amp running the headphones).

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i think something with REAL detail like REAL music might be easier to tell......i love rap, i love big basslines.... but its not really what i would consider real music, or i should say "reference" music :D

That does play a huge part in it.

Most mainstream stuff is recorded as garbage anyway. I think most people really don't put much thought into the quality of the recording these days. Once you get use to the half ass recording quality you get to a point where you don't miss it.

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eh, i turned the volume all the way up on the ipod and it still isnt "as loud" as an mp3 cd :(

I have noticed when I do that, the songs seem like they start to have poor sound quality once you get up into the higher end of the volume adjustment on the deck.... and I am using the Alpine high speed cable with my itouch....I tried going through itunes once and adjusting the volume on every song to max volume, ( high light your whole library and right click ), let the ipod resync to the new adjustment , then I turned up the volume on the ipod to max , then plugged the alpine cable to it..... that lasted until I got back home and I undid all of that shit. leave the volume settings alone in itunes, and keep the ipod at about 60-70 percent volume.

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