Re: [IRCA] Digitalizing DX cassettes

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Not surprisingly, MP3 files deteriorate about as fast as
WAV files (if they do at all...)

And I challenge anyone to record dx, any dx, at 16 to
24kbps (ok, maybe 64kbps...) and tell the difference
between that and a cassette tape.

Recording DX as a WAV file is a huge waste of storage space.

Note:

WAV  	uncompressed  	1:1  	10 MB  	If the wave wav file was sampled at 16 bits/44.1kHz, you've got CD quality sound
MP3 	160 kbps 	9:1 	1.5 MB 	Very low compression, superior sound quality
MP3 	128 kbps 	11:1 	1 MB 	The standard "CD quality" bit rate
MP3 	96 kbps 	15:1 	700K 	Considered "near CD quality"
MP3 	64 kbps 	22:1 	400K 	About the same quality as an FM radio station

64 kbps MP3 "As good as FM...."

Pretty much sums it up.
--
Colin Newell - Victoria B.C. Canada
www.coffeecrew.com  |  www.dxer.ca 

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