Re: Sony likes PCM for quality recordings

["Rich Peet" <>]

I agree time will tell.
I thought I have been paying attention, maybe not.
But nowhere have I seen Sony say that the hi-md SP mode is as good
as the old atrac 4.5. In fact what I read is that it is that lower
bit stream for no stated reason other than more songs.

Rich

--- In  Aaron Ximm <>
wrote:
...
> It's worth noting that the new ATRAC3plus (or whatever it's
called) has a
> high-quality (SP) mode, it's just not the same as the last one. I
do think
> it has a slightly lower bit rate (256 instead of 292 kbps if memory
> serves) but on the other hand the algorithm used is supposed to be
> significantly better.
>
> Only time will tell...
>
...
>  best,
>   aaron
>
>   
>   http://www.quietamerican.org



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