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There are basically two ways for an MP3 to be 'bad'... one of them which we are all familiar with is a bad rip off the CD, with its characteristic ticks and clicks. The other, unbeknownst to me until this week, is an error generated when you encode from WAV to MP3. It basically made a second or so o...

Here's a very good rundown of eleven (!) different lossless codecs . I only have experience with FLAC, but it looks like from the info there that WavPack edges it out as the best overall choice in terms of features. To weigh in on the preference topic, I too am sticking with "alt preset standar...

this just went on sale last night on buy.com:
http://www.buy.com/prod/US_Modular_2_5_ ... 89154.html

It's 80GB, both USB 2.0 and Firewire, and for a good price ($183). Mine is on its way

Old thread, but I just found another sound comparison from the current Duke Ellington Music Society Newsletter , copied here for your reading pleasure: Quality competition ASV – RCA – Dreyfus DEMS 04/3-33 DEMS wrote in the review of ASV 5310 (DEMS 99/4-22/1): It must be said that Alun Morgan was ver...

I just ran across this tutorial and tried it out. It works great! http://www.glump.net/content/audio_dvd_rip/guide.htm I've ripped Louis Armstrong and Friends 1962 and Norman Granz presents DUKE ELLINGTON At The Cote D’Azur with ELLA FITZGERALD and Joan Miro , and I'm working on the DVD portion of D...

oops, duplicate thread.

http://www.mosaicrecords.com/prodinfo.asp?number=228-MD-CD This definitely looks tempting to buy... Featuring Buck Clayton, Illinois Jacquet, Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Clark Terry, Ben Webster, and Sweets Edison, among others. Not all playing at once, of course. Looks like a good portion of thi...

I have it on vinyl too. I was wondering why such great recordings with such famous people hadn't been put on CD yet.

I used to DJ with Poke Alex at RIT's radio station when I was in college. You can still hear Alex's show Thursdays from 8-10 PM EST at http://www.modernmusicandmore.com ... he also has a web page for the show at http://jump.to/swingshow

Auction ended at $1,125.00

I find that allmusic is often inaccurate, especially when dealing with lesser-known artists.

I'm guessing at least $800. They normally go for around $300 each.

What are yours? Mine has always been the The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings (Split up into Volume I , Volume II , and Volume III ). The set is 66 LPs and covers every recording ever on the Commodore label. I was reminded of it since all three volumes are currently on sale in an Ebay auction ... ...

Don't shoot, but I have 170 Ellington discs. A lot of overlaps in material though. Then 51 Basie & 51 Ella.

I play alto sax pretty good, I can sight read most stuff, but I'm just starting with improv. Swifty and I will soon form a trio with Poke Alex on guitar and take the world by storm.