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[Giles Walker]

There's Juno, Boomkat, Turntablelab, Beatport and heaps more i had saved in my bookmarks before my computer died.

Luckily i had backed up my mp3s though so it was alright.

[Stripey]

Originally Posted by Giles Walker

Adam and Joe's guide to record stores

thanks for that link, so much truth in those videos

[Alkaline]

Originally Posted by Giles Walker

There's Juno, Boomkat, Turntablelab, Beatport and heaps more i had saved in my bookmarks before my computer died.

They are all pretty "niche market" though.

[Giles Walker]

I'm not seeing folk posting many others, i am guessing you probably use itunes am i right?

I also think many of you probably use this whole "cds are way better than mp3s" argument to justify downloading from limewire and soulseek to yourselves.

[Alkaline]

Originally Posted by Giles Walker

I'm not seeing folk posting many others, i am guessing you probably use itunes am i right?

I also think many of you probably use this whole "cds are way better than mp3s" argument to justify downloading from limewire and soulseek to yourselves.

I don't use anything. I haven't downloaded any music in a year or so and i only buy CDs and i mainly use the "CDs are better than MP3s" argument because i work in the HiFi business and can actually tell the difference.

I'm not getting involved in the specifics but i don't like MP3 for anything other than for back-up purposes.

[Panda Strong]

I'd take a good hour wander round Monorail over buying tracks over the net any day. I don't think i've ever bought songs online, actually. I just download and buy records.

I don't really know anyone who works in One Up records, but i never really feel comfortable there. There's an air of smugness that i can't seen to shake off about the place. Oh, and the electronic section used to be great downstairs, but i've seen anything new for ages. CD's are a bit pricey as well. I suppose buying from smaller run distro's may have blurred my vision, but hmmmmm.

I remember the chat used to be superb in the Fopp by Queens Street station in Glasgow 4/5 years ago. Those guys are long gone. In fact, one of them works Mono now, i think.

[Stripey]

Originally Posted by Alkaline

i mainly use the "CDs are better than MP3s" argument because i work in the HiFi business and can actually tell the difference.

No you can't! There is absolutely no evidence that anybody can discerne any qualitative difference between a properly encoded 320kbps mp3 and a CD. The maths and science behind this make it quite clear, but if you think otherwise please prove it.

[Alkaline]

Originally Posted by Stripey

No you can't! There is absolutely no evidence that anybody can discerne any qualitative difference between a properly encoded 320kbps mp3 and a CD. The maths and science behind this make it quite clear, but if you think otherwise please prove it.

I didn't specify what compression rate i could tell the difference between you pretentious knob.

[Stripey]

Originally Posted by Alkaline

I didn't specify what compression rate i could tell the difference between you pretentious knob.

You ought to then before you make blanket statements like "i can tell the difference between an mp3 and a cd".

[Alkaline]

Originally Posted by Stripey

You ought to then before you make blanket statements like "i can tell the difference between an mp3 and a cd".

Why should I? I am certainly not answerable to you for what i do or don't state. Read into it what you like as you certainly do that with 90% of the rest of the material on this site so why change the habit of a lifetime?

As a strict side point, most people don't have access to "properly mastered" 320kbps mp3 tracks so your initial point is not really that valid. There is a hell of a lot of difference between a properly mastered 320kbps mp3 and a ripped using windows media/itunes 320kbps mp3 as you no doubt well know