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I'm looking for any advice on what settings I can use to rip MP3s with
full stereo that sound just like the CD, particularly from WinAmp
(since that would be convenient). I have the OutLame plugin (w/LAME
dll v3.97) but the MP3s it encodes sound pretty bad. My old Music
Match jukebox 6 rips CDs and converts WAVs to MP3s at 160bps that
sound exactly like the original CD as long as the multipass and
highest quality / processing settings are on (it takes a while
though). However Musicmatch 6 doesn't work on my newer PC with IE 7. I
am interested in preserving full stereo separation as this is for
archival as well as listening purposes. Much appreciated, thanks for
listening...

[Chris Hornbeck]

On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:18:46 -0000, wrote:

archival

Then just say no.

If you're really serious, do a Google search in this newsgroup
with your topics' keywords. Always a prudent, polite and easy
modern first step.

All good fortune,

Chris Hornbeck

[Laurence Payne]

On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:18:46 -0000, wrote:

I'm looking for any advice on what settings I can use to rip MP3s with
full stereo that sound just like the CD, particularly from WinAmp
(since that would be convenient). I have the OutLame plugin (w/LAME
dll v3.97) but the MP3s it encodes sound pretty bad. My old Music
Match jukebox 6 rips CDs and converts WAVs to MP3s at 160bps that
sound exactly like the original CD as long as the multipass and
highest quality / processing settings are on (it takes a while
though). However Musicmatch 6 doesn't work on my newer PC with IE 7. I
am interested in preserving full stereo separation as this is for
archival as well as listening purposes. Much appreciated, thanks for
listening...

If you want maximum fidelity, don't compress at all, store wav files.
If you think a 160bps MP3 sounds "exactly like the original CD" set
your MP3 encoding to that rate. What rate is your OutLane plugin
using?

[NRen2k5]

On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:18:46 -0000, wrote:
I'm looking for any advice on what settings I can use to rip MP3s
with full stereo that sound just like the CD, particularly from
WinAmp (since that would be convenient). I have the OutLame plugin
(w/LAME dll v3.97) but the MP3s it encodes sound pretty bad.

Really? Im surprised, actually. Unless you were trying to use pure LR
stereo.

Use Joint Stereo. Dont worry, you still get full stereo separation.
That JS is worse than LR is a myth propagated by the ignorant. LAME JS
is safe and beneficial.