Re: [Phys-l] iPod music compression

[Rick Tarara <rtarara@saintmarys.edu>]

Here's what I really don't understand:

Why can't I buy (for around $500, yes there are a few units at much higher 
cost) a box with a 200 GB hard drive and a CD player so that I could rip (at 
full sonic quality if I choose), something like 700 CDs onto the hard drive 
and then plug this into my stereo.  There are plenty of CD-jukeboxes 
available, but it would be a much smaller and more convenient unit to just 
be able to have one's CD collection on hard disk.  You could then, through 
computer interface, do all kinds of sorting, ordering, etc.

Rick


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edmiston, Mike" <edmiston@bluffton.edu>

> Most of the responses so far have dealt with how compression works.
> That's great and I have enjoyed reading the thread.  I would like to
> throw in my 2-cents about how it sounds and what my experience has been
> as a reasonably competent audiophile.
>
> (1) What is your ultimate goal?  3000 CDs in standard jewel cases would
> form a single stack in the neighborhood of 100 feet high (or 10 stacks
> each 10 feet, etc.)  That's a lot of storage space.  Is your goal to
> compress these so you can sell the originals or throw them away?  That
> is, are you trying to reclaim space in your home?
>
> If so, I can see why you would want to compress them without loss.
> However, this is one thing I would not do.  I would keep the originals,
> but perhaps move them to the basement or other storage location rather
> than keep them in my living room, or listening room, or whatever.
>
> If that is done, then absolute lossless compression is not as necessary.
> You still have the originals.