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Originally posted by fr3sh i did another test with a wav file i bought... had the wav version playing on one channel and a compressed (320kb) version of the same track on the other channel playing at exactly the same time and i set the gains and eq evenly on both chanels and went back and forth with the crossfader the mp3 was a little bit louder and harsher and slightly thinner in sound also on my meters on the mixer... the mp3 was going slightly above 0db and the wav file did not... remember the gains were exactly the same etc... all control factors held constant

Which sources were the MP3 and WAV files played back from? The true test would be to take an original CD and rip one file to WAV, the other to 320kbps MP3 and compare the two. I would find it very hard to believe that you'd be able to tell the difference especially using SRM-350 which are nowhere near studio quality monitors. Not to say they are not great club dj monitors.

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Originally posted by dinoXpress I would find 80 mp3s on 1 cd annoying. i prefer when u look at the tracklist u wrote or printed seeing less than 10 tracks.. makes it easier for my to decide what to play.

I agree. I just put anywhere between 2 (if the artist only has two tracks released) on one cd, to about 10, if they have many releases, and either write down each track on the CD, if there is only say 2 to 5 tracks, or just the artist's name with some of the basic releases on the CD. This way I have in mind what songs are on the CD, and try to memorize to the best of my ability...whats on the CD. It's not hard to do if your know your music, and if you have the id3 tags, which both the CDJ 200 and 1000 have. Don't know why the CDJ 800 doesn't have that....seems pretty important to me, especially if you can't memorize everything thats on the CD, or forgot whats on it.

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Originally posted by abnorm Which sources were the MP3 and WAV files played back from? The true test would be to take an original CD and rip one file to WAV, the other to 320kbps MP3 and compare the two. I would find it very hard to believe that you'd be able to tell the difference especially using SRM-350 which are nowhere near studio quality monitors. Not to say they are not great club dj monitors.

you should also make the test 'double blind' to you make sure your not imagining things.

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wow i am even supprised you would want to put 80 tracks on one cd??
i only put 1 song per cd, maybe 2, but 80??might as well play from a laptop