This topic has been banging on for long enough, and something very important
needs to be said.
MP3 is MP3, ATRAC is ATRAC, why are people trying to change this. ATRAC and
MiniDiscs have their advantages over MP3 (more dedicated towards audio, as
it is an audio based format), MP3 has advantages over MiniDisc (computer
based audio format, so it has more ease of use).
Titling for MiniDiscs to some is awful, to others its a breeze, but we live
in a world where competition is needed, otherwise no-one would release
better products, as there would be no need, nothing to beat, no need to get
a better market share than 100%. If everything becomes the same, then the
world is boring, stop complaining about it. If you like MP3's ease of use,
don't try and impose this on MiniDiscs. If you like the constant (at least
in SP) bitrate of MiniDiscs with little chance of a duff sounding MD (when
from a CD or other digital source), then don't try and impose this on MP3.
Titles are only helpful, they aren't the be all and end all of a format, and
neither is bitrate. I dont know if it is just me that believes this, but I
would rather be listening to some decent music (for example, something like
Stairway To Heaven) at a low bit rate than something terrible at high bit
rate (Boy bands...), and while the tests are subjective, the view that the
music you like is good shouldn't be, and it should not be based on whether
its on a PC, CD, MiniDisc or a friggin 8 track.
Stop bickering and turning this into war of statistics when the most
important thing is the music.
If, as the first e-mail was intended, minidiscs were more like mp3's, then
it is highly likely that one format will die, as it is commonly known that
no two formats co exist well (remember dcc vs md, or vhs vs betamax
anyone?).
My opinion is that neither format should grow towards the other, simply
because the advantages that one has over the other would dissapear, and thus
mean I could not use them in the way I do. I like MiniDiscs for walking to
and from places, or for travelling. I like MP3's playing in the background
when I'm browsing the net or building webpages. I like MiniDiscs for trading
with people all over the world and to hear new music. I like MP3's for
trading with my friends (although I do buy quite a lot of CD's as well, some
artists and the shops that sell the cd's deserve the cash, whereas others
dont....imho of course) and also to find out what some band I've been
meaning to get into or at least give a listen to sounds like (for example,
Janes Addiction).
The way I see it, everyone should stop bickering about which format is best,
and actually enjoy the music, and of course for the few that do, enjoy
creating it as well.
This has been another (hopefully not) irrelevant bantering from: -
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Stuart Howlette
"There are many questions in life, but is the right answer only correct
because the majority believe in it?"
This is from a chat i had with someone a while ago (and this was him being
serious
"NoNaMeR 2KuK: say we dont need computers
NoNaMeR 2KuK: we could use cheese instead "
For more from this chat, visit
http://www.liquid2k.com/stuh84/personal/chat.htm
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