Pedro's BTMusic Ban Amnesty

[KFlint]

Between the site migrating (I'm not sure how far into my inactivity it even happened), my graduation, my starting a new job, my starting a new relationship, I lost complete contact with the site (as well as touch with a lot of online friends in the process). I did try to go back here and there, but assumed the server was stunted (as it had been on a couple of occasions), as opposed to the domain migrated.

I'd love it if I were given a second chance to make things right with my account. I did have every intent of applying to be an uploader and sharing some of my unique collections, but time and worldliness got the better of me.

Thx, I sent the same.

[P2PDog]

Why do I download FLAC? I can only answer that with another question: Why not? It's the same quality as the original CD it was ripped from, versus MP3's which are compressed using a lossy format which does result in some audio quality being lost. They're bigger than MP3's, but they're still relatively small given the current average size of hard drives.

I download everything in FLAC which get stored on a drive that's accessible to my media player which is hooked to my home stereo. Whether there's any difference in quality by playing a FLAC vs an MP3, I have no idea, but I don't care either. Why not use the best quality if it's easily available?

I also have a system where before moving the downloaded FLACs to the other drive, I first rename the directory so that it's consistent with all the others, then I check the ID3 tags so that the correct album/artist/etc is displayed when loaded by a media player. Then I rip it to MP3/V0 using a very simple script. The MP3's then get copied to my iPod. That way I know that each and every album on my iPod is ripped the exact same way and is of the exact same high quality.

Before adopting that system I had a large library of music, but it was of wildly varying quality and different formats, some if it was excellent, but some of it was low-bitrate crap, and all the directories were named using different conventions so finding things was sometimes difficult. Rather than taking the time to sort through that huge mess I deleted everything and started from scratch using my current system. It might seem like a hassle, and a bit unnecessary, to some, but it works for me and gives me a library of music that is very consistent.

[Night0wl]

Idoleyes, I started answering your question in one those threads you just replied and abandoned.

I had a lot of fun blind-testing some younger classmates with FLAC vs. 128/160/192Kbps mp3. Most of them thought FLAC sounded just wrong and picked the mp3 as sounding better every time, since they were used to radio and low quality mp3 from napster, limewire etc instead of actual CDs.

So unless Olegl is someone, who never enjoyed proper CD quality and listens through some 1.5" desktop Logitek speakers, you really can't say he wants to be a member there, because that's where the cool kids are.

I would rather ask idol if he has ruined his ears, because he seems like someone old enough to have enjoyed real CDs

You should really be smart enough to fill in the gaps.

BTW since you seem to hate trance so much, I can send you a mix that will change your mind as well. Nothing new, it's a TT exclusive mix from way back in 2007, mixed by dfx. Unfortunately it's only in 192Kbps mp3, so right down your alley.

[IdolEyes787]

Idoleyes, I started answering your question in one those threads you just replied and abandoned.

I had a lot of fun blind-testing some younger classmates with FLAC vs. 128/160/192Kbps mp3. Most of them thought FLAC sounded just wrong and picked the mp3 as sounding better every time, since they were used to radio and low quality mp3 from napster, limewire etc instead of actual CDs.

So unless Olegl is someone, who never enjoyed proper CD quality and listens through some 1.5" desktop Logitek speakers, you really can't say he wants to be a member there, because that's where the cool kids are.

I would rather ask idol if he has ruined his ears, because he seems like someone old enough to have enjoyed real CDs

You should really be smart enough to fill in the gaps.

BTW since you seem to hate trance so much, I can send you a mix that will change your mind as well. Nothing new, it's a TT exclusive mix from way back in 2007, mixed by dfx. Unfortunately it's only in 192Kbps mp3, so right down your alley.

I don't hate anything except tyrants, terrorists ,pedophiles,irredeemable criminals and people who abuse animals.Therefore if you weren't being facetious and you'd be willing to upload it to someplace that I could download it from I'd be more than happy to listen to it.
As for the bitrate,call me crazy but raised on AM radio as I was and totally devoid of any pretension ,anything above the quality of shite is perfectly OK with me.I will admit though that sometimes hearing a song on the radio(and I have a very good radio) and hearing it in better quality can be like listening to two entirely different songs.

Btw I don't "abandon" threads ,it's sometimes the case that they take an unexpected turn and more or less abandon me.

And no I'm clearly not smart enough to fill in gaps as should be apparent by my continuing involvement with filesharing in general and this site in particular.I do not know enough though to know enough to question things that don't seem on the surface to make a lot of sense.

Also thank you for a decent reply P2PDog.I always thought you had a good head on your shoulders and aren't swayed by trendiness so in your particular case I accept your reasons.I do however still believe ,bt being filled as it is with teens, the overwhelming reason for the insistence on FLAC is an attempt to try to be cool by association.

[Night0wl]

I don't hate anything except tyrants, terrorists ,pedophiles,irredeemable criminals and people who abuse animals.Therefore if you weren't being facetious and you'd be willing to upload it to someplace that I could download it from I'd be more than happy to listen to it.

I was being serious and will sendspace it or something once I'm done with uploading to my favorite site. It's birthday free leech, so good time to seed and seed some more. Will most likely continue for around a week or two.

As for the bitrate,call me crazy but raised on AM radio as I was and totally devoid of any pretension ,anything above the quality of shite is perfectly OK with me.I will admit though that sometimes hearing a song on the radio(and I have a very good radio) and hearing it in better quality can be like listening to two entirely different songs.

This is exactly what I was getting at. I grew up listening to Vinyl and CDs on a decent system, so when napster came along (I never used it, but got songs transferred over from friends) I was almost never happy with the quality and bought everything I really liked and could afford on CD. Most music will sound fine on V0 or 320Kbps mp3, but if I haven't heard the perfect rip, then I can't be sure that the song in question doesn't sound better or different (as the artist intended it to sound) unless I get the FLAC or buy the CD. There doesn't even have to be any noticeable difference between proper FLAC and a properly ripped and encoded high bitrate mp3, but the mp3 you download is poorly encoded, while the FLAC is perfectly done. There simply is much better quality control with FLAC.

This is just even more apparent with radio than it is with high bitrate mp3, since radio is quite low bitrate.

[P2PDog]

Also thank you for a decent reply P2PDog.I always thought you had a good head on your shoulders and aren't swayed by trendiness so in your particular case I accept your reasons.I do however still believe ,bt being filled as it is with teens, the overwhelming reason for the insistence on FLAC is an attempt to try to be cool by association.

I think that would explain the reason for the FLAC only, super exclusive trackers, and their popularity when much more accessible sites have more than ten times the amount of content. I think I do understand your point, and If not for the trendiness and exclusiveness, and the idiocy that pervades BT, those sites would have ceased to exist a long time ago, and the FLAC format would probably not be anywhere near as popular amongst the BT crowed as it is now.

[ca_aok]

The whole FLAC vs MP3 thing isn't really relevant to the thread, for the record though I don't really associate the desire for FLAC or HD content as a byproduct of being an immature torrenting teenager. My dad's a bit of an audiophile and has his entire collection as lossless music (though he also doesn't usually pirate). Sometimes if I'm listening to MP3s he'll joke about whether I like listening to the holes in between the notes. He's also pretty big into HD, with the whole home theatre system, etc. Some people are just more concerned with quality than others.

That being said, I'd rather have an album at 128kbps than not have it at all.

[P2PDog]

I don't think there's any question that FLAC is a superior format, and would be the choice of anyone who listens to music on something other than an iPod. What I was referring to, and I think what Idol's main beef with the format is, is that in about 99% of the cases where it gets mentioned on any BT related site, the one professing his love for FLAC is also in dire need of an invite to either Pedro's or Exigo. In about 99% of those cases the requester is much more concerned with the exclusiveness of the sites he seeks rather than the superiority of the file format.

[IdolEyes787]

Bingo.

The whole FLAC vs MP3 thing isn't really relevant to the thread, for the record though I don't really associate the desire for FLAC or HD content as a byproduct of being an immature torrenting teenager. My dad's a bit of an audiophile and has his entire collection as lossless music (though he also doesn't usually pirate). Sometimes if I'm listening to MP3s he'll joke about whether I like listening to the holes in between the notes. He's also pretty big into HD, with the whole home theatre system, etc. Some people are just more concerned with quality than others.

That being said, I'd rather have an album at 128kbps than not have it at all.

I seem to miss the point of things I guess because I don't really care if it's relevant to the thread or not as it's relevant to me.I had a legitimate question and a viable forum to ask it in .So sue me.
As for "being concerned about quality" I hope that was a joke or can you list his entire film/music library so I can see if by "quality" you merely meant accuracy of reproduction.

Btw of course all things being equal ( which they invariably aren't) of course I'd prefer my movies to be crystal clear and my music to be spot on accurate.All that ever bothers in is when ,and it happens all the time in btland ,someone says that it's FLAC/HD or nothing.
All I have to say to that is grow the fuck up and do you only go outside when it's 25C and sunny because anything other than that is a waste of your time?

[ElitUser]

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