[Slowhand] RE: Standing at the Crossroads

[Bbanderic at aol.com]

Ken Norris wrote:
 

> What iTunes and dimeadozen give us is access. On the other hand, what  they 

give us is >an inferior product. And there is a trade-off 

>  involved, isn't there? I used to spend a lot of money BUYING EC boots back 

in  the early >90s. Then I entered the trading community, 

> and the trades  were variable. Sometimes they were pristine, other times 

they had the two  >second gaps, and sometimes they were 

> mere Aud2 and fairly  unlistenable. The stuff that's been circulating since 

Cream Maximum >hit  dimeadozen is listenable mp3 

> quality, I believe. And 90% of us can't  tell the difference. 

 
I don't know anything about itunes but how do you figure that Dimeadozen  and 
other bit torrent sites give us an inferior product?  If anything,  
Dimeadozen's standards are VERY high, lossy material is NOT allowed.   If lossy 
material slips through the cracks, it's quickly banned and removed from  the tracker.
 
To me, there's no trade off in quality with bit torrent (DIME) as  opposed to 
good old fashioned snail mail trades, if anything it's an improvement  IMO.  
Plus, it's cheaper (free) and a lot less  hassle.  
 
I think the real issue here is that the average Joe doesn't know the  
difference between an mp3 and a WAV file, I can't tell you how many times I've  had 
to explain to people the difference between the two.  Most don't know  anything 
about audio/video compression and the quality loss associated with it,  or 
simply don't care, therefore it's so widely accepted.  
 
Cheers,
 
Jon 

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