> When the music is good, I'm still moved by a 64 kb/s encoding using 8 bit uLaw, played through laptop speakers. I'm not an audiophile, but I disagree with yo

> When the music is good, I'm still moved by a 64 kb/s encoding using 8 bit uLaw, played through laptop speakers. I'm not an audiophile, but I disagree with your assertion. I did love going to concerts in the 90's and early 00's. In February of 1993, I saw Stone Temple Pilots opening for Megadeth at the Fargo Civic Memorial Auditorium (not the Fargo Dome, think bigger high school gym). I liked their album, but was pretty much there to see Megadeth. When I heard STP in concert (an frankly its not the best venue particularly in ND in Feb) including the megaphone in Crackerman, it blew me away. You can feel the range, and I loved their music ever since. I will say that the CD and mp4 are loved because of a memory more than how they sound.