[PLUG] Converting Cassettes to computer files

[John Jason Jordan]

On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 13:44:42 -0700
"Richard C. Steffens" <rsteff at comcast.net> dijo:

> Like most mp3 encoders, BladeEnc will let you choose the bit rate you 
> want. I understand a lot of folks are happy with 128. It really depends 
> on the kind of music you are listening to, and how fussy your ears are. 
> I use 256 for classical music. I can tell the difference between 256 and 
> 192. I can't tell the difference between 256 and 3xx (whatever the 
> number is that's supposed to be as good as a CD).

I'v been using lame with -vbr (variable bit rate). While I've been
generally satisfied, sometimes the fidelity of the resulting piece is
not as good as the original CD. Usually that happens when the CD wasn't
too great in the first place. I've never tried BladeEnc. Do you
consider it better? 

I guess one of the reasons I've never used it is because it's not
listed in Synaptic (just checked).