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[endlessflood]

Lots of Bandcamp stuff is FLAC and Ogg.

Cheers, they don't look too bad. How do you find the quality? I'm not really an audiophile, but I have a pretty big speaker system and can instantly hear the difference between CDs and iTunes music on those speakers.

 

[jambo]

I bet you wouldn't be able to tell the difference in a double blind test

>_>


And FLAC is lossless, so it will sound the same as a CD.

 

[midonnay]

don't Itunes sell lossless versions too?

edit: nope.....alac just for your own conversions

but yeah, I wonder how many people can really tell the difference :/

 

[endlessflood]

I bet you wouldn't be able to tell the difference in a double blind test

>_>


And FLAC is lossless, so it will sound the same as a CD.

I have the same stuff on CD and bought from iTunes and my friends and I have put ourselves to the test and can tell which is which on the big speakers.

I was wondering about the Ogg files obviously... unless FLAC is really common on bandcamp? It looks like file formats will vary for all artists but if FLAC is pretty much standard I might be able to stop buying CDs

 

[CrazedProfessional]

I think my brother is dating this girl. He learnt song of storms on guitar for her and she didn't know it

That's hilarious.

 

[jambo]

It's been proven again and again in double blind tests that people have no idea what they're listening to when it comes to quality.

Obviously if you listen to poorly encoded 128 stuff you can hear the difference, but 256 and 320 will sound the same as FLAC, WAV or CD unless you have tens of thousands of dollars worth of audiophile quality gear.

I'm pretty sure iTunes these days uses 256 AAC and also offers lossless files.


But whatever =P

 

[endlessflood]

It's been proven again and again in double blind tests that people have no idea what they're listening to when it comes to quality.

Obviously if you listen to poorly encoded 128 stuff you can hear the difference, but 256 and 320 will sound the same as FLAC, WAV or CD unless you have tens of thousands of dollars worth of audiophile quality gear.

I'm pretty sure iTunes these days uses 256 AAC and also offers lossless files.


But whatever =P

It's been a couple of years since I bought anything off iTunes, but all of my bought iTunes files are 128kb/s Protected AAC.

 

[Jintor]

I'll be honest, I don't remember what Song of Storms sounds like off by heart. I could probably tell that it was from LoZ, but that'd be about it.

 

[Echoplx]

That awkward moment when you come out of your room in the morning and there are two strangers having sex on your living room floor.

 

[jambo]

It's been a couple of years since I bought anything off iTunes, but all of my bought iTunes files are 128kb/s Protected AAC.

Yeah you'd be able to hear the difference then. People ketp bitching and bitching and Apple finally changed to unprotected 256 AAC.

They also open sourced their lossless codec which was kinda cool.


EDIT: Sorry if i'm coming off as overly aggressive at all, I used to help run a torrent tracker for Pink Floyd bootlegs and the mp3 versus lossless debate came up almost daily. I keep my bootlegs in lossless FLAC or SHN to preserve the quality, but for most other things I just use 320 mp3.

 

[Dead Man]

That awkward moment when you come out of your room in the morning and there are two strangers having sex on your living room floor.

Sorry about that.

 

[Omikron]

Be at beer deluxe presently....

 

[Clipper]

Speaking about meetups... SydGAF, register your interest for our November meetups.

 

[jambo]

Yeah, people should definitely register for the 10/11 weekend in Sydney!

 

[Clipper]

Yeah, people should definitely register for the 10/11 weekend in Sydney!

I note that you haven't...

 

[shanshan310]

Speaking about meetups... SydGAF, register your interest for our November meetups.

oh! I won't be able to do the night of the 24th. I think Friday night might work best for me actually.

 

[Shaneus]

If she was a tourist, she'd assume that you being white means you're a celebrity. Not even fucking joking. I got a picture taken with some asian people at Moomba once and later their friend said they thought I was Brad Pitt. I look nothing like Bradd Pit.

Sweet. So for drinks tonight, we're looking for Brad Pitt.

 

[FormallyMegadrive]

Well I'm on the way.

 

[Clipper]

oh! I won't be able to do the night of the 24th. I think Friday night might work best for me actually.

I've updated the form. I'm the only one from Sydney that's filled it out, so it doesn't really affect the results. Let me know if you would prefer me to make other changes.

 

[fappenmeister]

I'll see how I feel after food.

 

[HolyCheck]

Useful update, not a post: train arriving now.

 

[DarthHomer]

Be at beer deluxe presently....

Have fun dude, something popped up last minute and unable to make an appearance tonight.

 

[reptilescorpio]

They could use some rain up here.

 

[senahorse]

It's that time of month again

 

[Rezbit]

Enjoy MelbGAF!

 

[Kritz]

I wish I had beer. I should get some beer. my friend just finished uni forever, I should get some beer with him.

 

[Rezbit]

I wish I had beer. I should get some beer. my friend just finished uni forever, I should get some beer with him.

You should. I am having beer right now. It is really fucking good.

 

[Kritz]

I think tony soprano is sitting across from me in this coffee shop.

 

[senahorse]

Currently downing a

 

[Kritz]

As I said in chat, my beer of the night is...

Peroni. First time having it. Not bad, easy to drink. I'm not a beer snob so I have no idea.

 

[senahorse]

you are a beer snob, your beer is on more of an angle than mine

 

[FormallyMegadrive]

Sorry I didn't make it MelbGAF dudes. Something came up.p at the last minute.

 

[HolyCheck]

Sorry I didn't make it MelbGAF dudes. Something came up.p at the last minute.

That's ok. We won't hate you.

 

[Omikron]

That's ok. We won't hate you.

Much.

 

[reptilescorpio]

You stupid QLDers better be happy I bought a bunch of XXXX

 

[Fogz]

You stupid QLDers better be happy I bought a bunch of XXXX

I am not a QLDer and I am unhappy about this post

 

[Omikron]

You stupid QLDers better be happy I bought a bunch of XXXX

Why? Why!

Did you get a southern cross tattoo too?

 

[BananaArnie]

Man I have the best train rides. The people across from me are stoned out of their minds and can not keep their hands off each other

 

[jambo]

Guys.

Sleeping Dogs is $25 on Steam

Should I buy it?

 

[Choc]

unfortunately the super awesome final version of unfinished swan gives me horrendous motion sickness to the point of vomiting

 

[DarthHomer]

Guys.

Sleeping Dogs is $25 on Steam

Should I buy it?

For that price? Worth it.

 

[Echoplx]

Guys.

Sleeping Dogs is $25 on Steam

Should I buy it?

It's $18.75 on Amazon

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=496237

 

[FormallyMegadrive]

Guys.

Sleeping Dogs is $25 on Steam

Should I buy it?

Yes. You should. Do you like fun things?

 

[ClivePwned]

Sunglasses worn on the back of the Bogan male's neck.

Discuss or mock.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

I'm looking for somebody to sit in my room at night and watch over me as I sleep. Recently I have had a lot of trouble sleeping and I think it would be comforting if I knew somebody was there.

30 bucks/hour to watch someone sleep.

 

[reptilescorpio]

Trying to help the locals, place is more ragged than I expected :/

Also BUY SLEEPING DOGS YOU FUCK

MAN NEED PORK BUN INSIDE HIM MEOW

 

[Dead Man]

I'm looking for somebody to sit in my room at night and watch over me as I sleep. Recently I have had a lot of trouble sleeping and I think it would be comforting if I knew somebody was there.

30 bucks/hour to watch someone sleep.

Collingwood LOL. Also, not per hour. Total. Good luck with that, owl lady.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

It says $30 p/h

 

[Dead Man]

It says $30 p/h

No, no it doesn't

*shuffles out of the room*

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

I saw it first!!!