Found this post on a Yahoo message board [of all places!].
I think the author sums it up pretty well...
Quote:
I haven't noticed that they[MP3s] sound "terrible", but even a 192 mp3 I rip at home doesn't sound as good as the full-out PCM format digital audio. And they still charge a dollar for it!
The reason it's[MP3] so popular is that frankly, nobody can tell the difference. True audio and music fans are a thing of the past. Music has now become a prepackaged glop that people want to stuff into cute little players and carry around. They don't sit home and really LISTEN to music anymore, and they don't pay attention to things like good audio response, either.
The days of Stereo Review magazine are long over, my friend. Sad... truly sad.
Found this post on a Yahoo message board [of all places!].
I think the author sums it up pretty well...