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ImL
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:16 am |
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Just curious as to how many are on dial up modem.
$50 added to the bill a month is a tad expensive I feel for broad-band over here. Is this normal pricing?
If there's enough of us, we could form a club and cry together.   then laugh, then cry and laugh again.
There are a heap of artists here whose lofi is awesome quality in all genres. I'd love to know why. Sample rate? Mastering? There is a fine line between them sometimes and any comments regarding how would be mmmmost welcome..  |
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Brooksy
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:22 am |
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I'm on broadband 
There should be more lo-fi though, cause even broadband runs slow at times. Which is why I try and upload everything in lo-fi for everyone to make it easier...
LO-FI people.....more plays, expand the fan base...it's not a poor man's upload stream...it's vital to all |
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minusme
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:22 am |
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I think the difference in lo-fi is attributable to the quality of the master and the bit-rate..
If the master is good, then even 24kpbs will sound good, if not, then 48kbps is probably better...
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rechat
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 12:43 pm |
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I only pay $20 a month for broadband. |
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Brooksy
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 12:44 pm |
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Hell that's less than we pay in the UK...we pay about $31....That's it....get me a room at the Holiday Inn |
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mittins
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:36 pm |
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we are lo-fi listeners, with dial-up.  (witcheru & mittins) |
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Dlinkquint
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Location: manchester,england
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 3:16 pm |
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ive got a handle driven dy-namo hooked up to my speak&spell with a wire running to my neighbours telephone line,the faster i turn the higher the quality
oh i also i have broadband which cost's £25.99 which would i guess be about 50 Nz dollars but due to the crappy cheap software i recieved with it,my speak&spell wont work with it  |
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ImL
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| Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:32 am |
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| Dlinkquint wrote: | ive got a handle driven dy-namo hooked up to my speak&spell with a wire running to my neighbours telephone line,the faster i turn the higher the quality
oh i also i have broadband which cost's £25.99 which would i guess be about 50 Nz dollars but due to the crappy cheap software i recieved with it,my speak&spell wont work with it |
  you've got speak&spell?? ! ! yeehooo!!!
ouch! 26 pounds = approx. NZ$70.00
| Ron wrote: | I think the difference in lo-fi is attributable to the quality of the master and the bit-rate..
If the master is good, then even 24kpbs will sound good, if not, then 48kbps is probably better... |
Makes good sense. I over looked the bitrate when uploading last 2 songs, and thanks to Unproject who spotted it, have since increased it.
thanks for all your replies |
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Dlinkquint
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| Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:38 am |
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if i use wavelab to convert to 64kbps(whatevea) bit rate.it sounds a better conversion than alot of the 128's i hear,some progs convert badly |
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smili
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| Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:54 pm |
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I think mono lofi sounds much better than stereo at same bitrate. seems to me the stereo only makes sense at higher bitrates and for lofi it makes sense to put the limited bit depth to work into a mono signal. Not sure if this is generally accepted to be true though?
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