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Only for those who are interested in Quality
One of the key issues all you people are missing is quality. The MP3 compression algorithm is an algorithm with a greater loss ration than ATRAC. Don't take my word for it ... do your research on the web there is enough information out there.

Before comitting to a particular player I did my research on line. This was 2 years ago. I finally opted for a minidisc because given the wide spectrum of music I listened to I found ATRAC to have a much better quality than MP3. Have you ever tried listening to Classical music at 128Kb on MP3 ... all the extreme frequency ranges are distorted with MP3. For POP&Rock music MP3 is probably fine considering the frequency ranges that most of the music generates, but not for Jazz, Classical or even Trance.

Before you start ... there is no point in compressing at above 128Kb because that would beat the objective of having an MP3 player.

Before making any comments do you research first.
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Viva La I-POD  ericortner | 06/30/04
First in the mind - Apple's Advantage  Brotherdime | 06/30/04
Proprietary music format  parcelbrat | 06/30/04
half-hearted effert  glennhkboy | 07/01/04
REL Proprietary music format  JakAttak | 07/01/04
ATRAC Better quality  rwb1912@... | 07/01/04
Re-compressing compressed files  tic swayback | 07/01/04
Not the Objective  rwb1912@... | 07/01/04
Real world use  tic swayback | 07/02/04
better than 128kbs MP3 maybe...  ryusen | 07/01/04
Comparison in order ...  rwb1912@... | 07/01/04
Comparison in order ...  rwb1912@... | 07/01/04
Yes, but that's not the point.  d_jedi | 07/02/04
Watch the Kiss of DRM  Nigel Johnstone | 07/01/04
The Digital Disconnect @ Sony Connect  cybershoplifter | 07/01/04
Way too expensive...  jdd48 | 07/01/04
...into balance  mabricen | 07/01/04
Let's review  issthatso | 07/01/04
Plus  tic swayback | 07/01/04
Sony doesn't get it  johnek_z | 07/01/04
Sony can't compete against the iPod  FilledOut | 07/01/04
Is Sony related to suicide bombers?  Guayaipe | 07/01/04
Not cheaper than the iPod, it's the same price  tic swayback | 07/01/04
History repeats again and again and again etc etc etc  Squawkbox | 07/01/04
ahhh yes... typical of Sony...  ryusen | 07/01/04
Only for those who are interested in Quality  rwb1912@... | 07/01/04
Stand corrected  rwb1912@... | 07/01/04
Another clarification  rwb1912@... | 07/01/04
Sony's sub-par standards  theding0 | 07/01/04
Read message  rwb1912@... | 07/01/04
Re-compression  Rodney Davis | 07/02/04
Just get an iPod...  Rick_K | 07/01/04
LOL!!! ATRAC Onlyl Storage!  BitTwiddler | 07/02/04
Another MiniDisc  Rodney Davis | 07/02/04
Just wondering about sony products  Guayaipe | 07/02/04
Serving two masters  tic swayback | 07/02/04
.... iPod -like ... iPodish .... iPodly .....iPod-moment ....  An_Axe_to_Grind | 10/03/05

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