I don't really listen to modern pop music but honestly in most of the place I use an mp3 player - on trips in the car, at my desk at work, etc - there level of background noise kind makes the argument moot.
I do remember reading an article a while ago showing that the clipping that results from conversion to mp3 as well as the usual results of the "loundness war" on re-mastered albums actually sounds BETTER on a car stereo where you are competing with a lot of road noise.
I'm as much of a music snob as anybody, but a lot of the arguments against mp3 aren't really valid for casual listeners - they simply don't care and there's no real reason they should.
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Date: 2012-03-05 01:32 pm (UTC)I do remember reading an article a while ago showing that the clipping that results from conversion to mp3 as well as the usual results of the "loundness war" on re-mastered albums actually sounds BETTER on a car stereo where you are competing with a lot of road noise.
I'm as much of a music snob as anybody, but a lot of the arguments against mp3 aren't really valid for casual listeners - they simply don't care and there's no real reason they should.