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alligator
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Registered: Oct 2004
Location: vancouver

audio file formats: mp3 vs atrac & atrac3plus

hello out there,

recently i've ran into different formats for audio files on a computer and do need more info that the sony website gives (since they promo the atrac/atrac3/atrac3plus formats like mad). anyone use these formats? are they truly better quality than an mp3 format.

reasons: obvious size on computer, which will lead to more files. i will be looking into ssl (eventually). is the quality better?

any opinions are welcomed. thanks

Dec-20-2005 18:56 Romania

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Joost
Uhm Tss

Registered: Mar 2004
Location: The Hague

I think atrac is not better than MP3, high quality MP3 sounds much better imo.

Dec-20-2005 19:10 Netherlands

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alligator
Supreme tranceaddict

Registered: Oct 2004
Location: vancouver

quote:
Originally posted by Joost
I think atrac is not better than MP3, high quality MP3 sounds much better imo.

that was my initial thought, since you compress much more for an atrac format then quality will be lost. sony's stands by it though and states that quality is much better than an mp3.

thx!

Dec-20-2005 19:23 Romania

jdat
Jay Van Dat

Registered: Oct 2001
Location: I dont even know

I have always heard negative things about atrac.

Maybe you can read up more on it here : http://www.minidisc.org/aes_atrac.html ( I didn't read the site but minidisc.org would have reliable info )

Dec-20-2005 19:48

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alligator
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Registered: Oct 2004
Location: vancouver

quote:
Originally posted by jdat
I have always heard negative things about atrac.

Maybe you can read up more on it here : http://www.minidisc.org/aes_atrac.html ( I didn't read the site but minidisc.org would have reliable info )

thanks ma man. i've also done a fair bit of more reading...and sony changed their mind and will allow mp3 format on their future players. a gamble took by sony but apple beat them to the profits.

Dec-20-2005 20:03 Romania

mzvirbulis
"Boom Boom"

Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Ballarat, Victoria

i use an Mini Disc and i find the quality of atrac3 if not better than mp3.

Dec-20-2005 22:44 Australia

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sEpH
Ezlv

Registered: Oct 2004
Location: MTL

Atrac3Plus is like a 160k mp3 imo..

But its much smaller.

Ive burn 17 or 18 (i dont remember) essential mix on ONE CD!

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Dec-21-2005 06:40 Canada

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sr126
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Registered: Aug 2005
Location: los angeles, usa

are there really apps that can read atrac w/out having to convert to some thing else?

Dec-21-2005 10:16 United States

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alligator
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Registered: Oct 2004
Location: vancouver

quote:
Originally posted by sr126
are there really apps that can read atrac w/out having to convert to some thing else?
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no aplications that i found, but maybe i haven't spent enough time to dig them out. i'll stick with mp3s

Dec-21-2005 17:34 Romania

sr126
Supreme tranceaddict

Registered: Aug 2005
Location: los angeles, usa

i was about to say... i remember atrac wasn't getting much love.

anyways... not that it would mean too much for me... i bought my MD back in the late 90's, way before the whole cd recording thing became as affordable as it is now.

remember when the first consumer phillips cd recorder? that thing was like 600.00... i was like "SIKE!" when i was at the store...

Dec-21-2005 19:04 United States