Hello all.
It’s been bothering me recently that the quality of the ripping on the iTunes store seems hit and miss.. I’ve bought some songs where they sound really good, and some, particularly tracks with heavy bass beats, which really sound horrible.
For example, check out These Words by Natasha Bedingfield. The preview, on my 12″ Powerbook is heavily distorted.
Or check out My Humps By Black Eye Peas. This sounds really horrible to me, I like the song, but I couldn’t spend $1.00 on such a poor rip.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, go check out Speed Of Sound by ColdPlay. This has reasonable bass, but seems to sound pretty good here. (Not as good as my 320 kbps AAC from an actual cd)
Is it just me? Have I lost a speaker on this 12″ Powerbook? Does AAC 128 really not handle bass at all?
I think I’m going to do some investigation on this. Check back soon.
Well. I haven’t posted this yet, but I just turned off the iTunes EQ, and things sound better now. Not super good, but a lot of the distortion is gone.
I’d love to hear comments, but I think I probably shouldn’t post things when I’m hopped up on Nyquil because of a super sore throat I woke up with today. Let’s hope it goes away tomorrow morning.
Are you listening to the tunes or the previews? I was told the previews are much lower quality to save bandwidth