Re: ? For Auto Stereo Guru
NOT ALL MP3'S SOUND BAD!<br /><br />mp3 is a variable format. this means that you can have mp3's that sound like an am clock radio, or you can have mp3's that have the crystal clearness of cd audio. it all depends on the bitrate. 56kbs will sound like crap,128 kbs will sound like fm radio 190 and above will sound like cd audio, meaning there will be no discernable difference between this and a real cd.<br /><br />of course all of this depends on the software and hardware used to do the ripping and burning of the mp3. i have an aftermarket soundcard and pretty high end software for ripping and burning mp3's, along with WMA(windows media audio).<br /><br />as stated above, you can play regular cd's in your new 6 disc player, and you can also combine your entire cd collection on to probably just a few cd's and leave all the origonalls at home, and use and beat up and scratch the mp3's instead.<br /><br />the one main drawback to playing the mp3 cd's in the car, is that people usually try to cram as much music as possible on them , just to save space. usually fitting 10 or 12 cd's on one disc.<br /><br />now when you load this in, its gonna take about a minute or two to "load" all the music from the disc, it has to read the whole disc before anything will play.<br /><br />secondly, after it loads everything, it will play your songs in alphebetical order.yes , abcdefg....... so when you burn them, you have to :<br />#1. not care about the order in which the tracks are played<br />or<br />#2. rename them adding 001, 002, 003, 004 etc at the begining of each track<br /><br />also, when you have hundreds of tracks on one cd in mp3 format, unless you put each album into its own folder, your gonna have one heck of a time finding what songs you wanna hear.<br /><br />you can burn your mp3's at 256kbs, get exceptional sound out of them and still be able to fit 4 or 5 discs worth on each cd.<br /><br />or you can burn them at 8kbs, and have it sound as though your were listening to them on a train, with the windows open at 200mph on headphones..hahahaha<br /><br /><br />hope this helps<br /><br />mike
