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Natural Sound From A Portable?
Aldo Pignotti wrote:
(Paulfxfoley) wrote in message ... This may be a dumb question, but is it possible to get truly good sound from a portable CD player? What about MP3 portables? I haven't heard the iPod device but I do own the Archos 20G portable MP3 player. When I travel, I take it along and I listen to it with either a pair of Sennheiser HDC 451's or (if I've got a base camp somewhere) Cambridge Soundworks's Model 12 transportable speaker system. I also just bought a little FM transmitter from Radio Shack so I can listen to the Archos device in my car. I use the MusicMatch jukebox to record MP3s at (I think) 320 bits/s. The sound quality I get is very good but as far I'm concerned, it's no where near cd quality. The dynamic range just isn't there. Ah. It's the encoder. MMJB has a pathetic encoder in the standard distro. I would recommend a recent version of LAME and set the settings to dual channel stereo, maximum quality, and VBR 0(roughly 320 bits/second). The sound should be much better.(it's free and makes a nice improvement) Next, the FM transmitter is killing your sound. Badly. FM is by definition compressed to worse than good tape *and* has a pretty definite 15-16khz top-end. Also, it has hash and RF interference from the car's electronics like a typical analog cellphone - though usually you won't notice it unless you turn it way up when there is a silent part in the music. Still it all adds up to a flat sound compared to CDs. I would recommend just getting a good MP3/CD player for the car and skip the intermediate components in the chain. |
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