John,

That depends on the bit rate and the sampling rate.  I agree that MP3 
is not as high quality as an uncompressed format, but if you use a 
high enough bit rate and sampling rate, you'd be hard pressed to tell 
the difference in most cases.

Steve

On Tuesday 2/7/06 10:59 John Miller wrote:
>I agree MP3 sucks and I really wish I could find just 1 person who agrees
>with me, finally it seems I have.
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>From: "Richard Webb" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 3:02 PM
>Subject: Re: Mel's Hole
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> > k2lkk wrote:
> >   >And why should we be able to chew away at the ozone layer, change
> >   >the chemical composition of the atmosphere with greenhouse gases
> >   >and still think that it won't have any effect on how radio signals
> >   >travel through it?  I'm being serious, now.
> > Maybe we won't have near term effect that way, but the more
> > we pollute the spectrum with all these unintentional
> > so-called radiators, switching power supplies, bpl ... you
> > get the drift.
> >
> >   >My suspicious mind wonders if the governments and the HF
> >   >broadcasters know that things are declining, and that it is an
> >   >expensive medium to operate in and that's why so many of them are
> >   >pulling the plug on HF.
> > IT isdn't about their expenses as much as it is about how we
> > can force everybody to have to have this less robust net
> > connection if we want to hear that streaming audio in all of
> > its compressed band limited unglory.  does anybody else
> > think mp3 sucks that's an average guy or are we folks in the
> > audio industry alone?
> >
> > But seriously, who cares if the have-nots can hear.  wHo
> > cares if a guy can get emergency information for himself and
> > his family with a liuttle crank it up freeplay radio even in
> > the jungle!  IF we get everybody on the streaming bandwagon
> > eventually we'll be able to control what's said and the
> > marketplace of ideas just because we control the pipeline.
> > IT's that simple.  WE have all the freedom of speech
> > possible except that much talked about freedom to yell fire
> > in a crowded theater.  YEt your freedom of speech and the
> > freedom of exchange of ideas does no good if you can't get
> > to the conduit.
> > Just think, that little boy in China who might get his taste
> > of what freedom could be like listening to that hidden
> > transistor radio in the barn can instead turn to a stream
> > that's allowed to exist on their version of the internet.
> > rEmember even GOogle is censored in some parts of the world.
> >
> > COnsider for a moment:  No heavy investment in a big
> > transmitter and all that antenna hardware.  NO big
> > investment in staff, but you can control the marketplace of
> > ideas rather simply.
> >
> > 73 de nf5b
> >
> >
> >
> > Richard WEbb,
> > Electric SPider Productions,
> > Eads Tennessee
> >
> >