Roj
02-13-2004, 02:17 AM
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1526047,00.asp
I swear, those guys must come with genetically installed kneepads...
Personally, both formats are pure unmitigated garbage. The lossless WMA stuff lacks comprehensive methods of ensuring that the material has been encoded properly. You want decent lossless? Try APE (Monkey's Audio) or FLAC.
AAC?
Lossy crap.
With a price tag attached, no less, not to mention the filth known as DRM.
And sold at a lossless price tag too.
And the worst part?
The lemmings in ConsumerLand will lap it up and why? because the all-knowing geniuses at ZDNet have proounced it so.
At least the folks at Hydrogen Audio know what they're saying SOME of the time (when they're not wallowing in religious self-indulgence, that is).
<sigh>
** End Of Rant **
I swear, those guys must come with genetically installed kneepads...
Personally, both formats are pure unmitigated garbage. The lossless WMA stuff lacks comprehensive methods of ensuring that the material has been encoded properly. You want decent lossless? Try APE (Monkey's Audio) or FLAC.
AAC?
Lossy crap.
With a price tag attached, no less, not to mention the filth known as DRM.
And sold at a lossless price tag too.
And the worst part?
The lemmings in ConsumerLand will lap it up and why? because the all-knowing geniuses at ZDNet have proounced it so.
At least the folks at Hydrogen Audio know what they're saying SOME of the time (when they're not wallowing in religious self-indulgence, that is).
<sigh>
** End Of Rant **