ML - Adding MP3's -
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That makes the 'HD' system quite a bit less appealing... I was considering the ML a must primarily due to the HD. I had heard so many good things about the ML in terms of audio quality both my wife and I were quite dissapointed hearing one for the first time last weekend... its better than the stock system but that's not saying as much as we expected.
Is the compression similar to MP3 - or is it closer to WAV?
Ripping CD's in the head-unit sounds like a lot of wear and tear on the head-unit - wonder what they were thinking on this one.
Is the compression similar to MP3 - or is it closer to WAV?
Ripping CD's in the head-unit sounds like a lot of wear and tear on the head-unit - wonder what they were thinking on this one.
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By allowing people to just upload MP3's, they were afraid of the possiblity of a virus being uploaded to the computer in the car.
You can still make MP3 CD's and rip them to the HDD.
The HDD rips are either "Good" quality, which is 192KBs (or 160, I can't remember), and "Excellent", which is 256KBs. I don't know which compression technique it uses.
And if you weren't blown away by the ML, then it wasn't tuuned right or the source material sucks. The ML is absolutely amazing, especially in the LS.
You can still make MP3 CD's and rip them to the HDD.
The HDD rips are either "Good" quality, which is 192KBs (or 160, I can't remember), and "Excellent", which is 256KBs. I don't know which compression technique it uses.
And if you weren't blown away by the ML, then it wasn't tuuned right or the source material sucks. The ML is absolutely amazing, especially in the LS.
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Kalvano - Great - so you can take a MP3 CD and rip that on the HD.
I took along my wife who is a professional musician and while I thought the ML was good she was not impressed. We first listened to a stock radio then the ML -- then another ML to see if they all sounded the same. We set everything back to 'mid point' in Audio settings - base, treb etc... To my untrained ear it was fine - but then again my ear is untrained and I'm not that picky.
At this point I have yet to see an L w/out ML - so ML we will have :-)
I took along my wife who is a professional musician and while I thought the ML was good she was not impressed. We first listened to a stock radio then the ML -- then another ML to see if they all sounded the same. We set everything back to 'mid point' in Audio settings - base, treb etc... To my untrained ear it was fine - but then again my ear is untrained and I'm not that picky.
At this point I have yet to see an L w/out ML - so ML we will have :-)
Last edited by terrain; Nov 17, 2008 at 10:04 AM.
incorrect, you can play mp3 CD, but not copying any mp3 files to hdd. again, that can't be done. i also think it's stupid
about the ML system, maybe it's the tracks you listened to? the reference system on the ls460 and lx570 are among the best in the market
about the ML system, maybe it's the tracks you listened to? the reference system on the ls460 and lx570 are among the best in the market
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no....... you should go check again. it can be a mp3 cd. me and so many other people are buring 100s of mp3 on a cd and the system will play it just fine. the system is capable of decoding mp3 and wma format on cd, more capable than a lot of cd players out there
but the system can NOT decode mp3 on dvd
but the system can NOT decode mp3 on dvd
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mp3s do not do any justice to the ML system, and in fact ML is so good, it will just magnify how bad mp3s really are, which in turn gives the illusion that the ML system sounds bad. But that's where human intelligence is supposed to kick in, and put things in perspective. It is a reference system, a topic which has been discussed at length many times here. Rather than repeat what has been said before by some of our knowledgeable audio expert posters, I suggest interested parties check out these threads, and inform themselves.
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no....... you should go check again. it can be a mp3 cd. me and so many other people are buring 100s of mp3 on a cd and the system will play it just fine. the system is capable of decoding mp3 and wma format on cd, more capable than a lot of cd players out there
but the system can NOT decode mp3 on dvd
but the system can NOT decode mp3 on dvd
our point is you can just burn mp3 on a cd and just play it, no need to rip anything to hdd (which is silly imho)
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