Uh Oh. I kind of thought that this (or something similar) might happen with MP3 compression. I compete in IASCA, so sound quality isn't important to me -- it's EVERYTHING. This is why I am planning on storing my music in MP2 compression, rather than MP3. It uses twice as much space, but from what people tell me, there is no discernable (or even measurable) loss of quality when comparing an MP2 compressed file to the original. The radio station where I work airs all of its music from hard drive, and it is all compressed MP2. empeg has told me that their player will play MP2 and MP3 files indiscriminately - you can mix and match them and the player will automatically uncompress and play them.

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