MP3 playback in MZ-RH10

[evanokis]

I recently just found out that mp3s in sony Rh10 do actually sound bad or not the way they're supposed to. (i'm pretty sure most of you know about this).

I'm just wandering how you guys beat this problem?

I decided to 'convert' my mp3s to atrac3+ 352k. but after several times of doing this, I then realized that 'converting' does not really mean 'converting' but more like '(re)compressing' the mp3 again. This just means more quality loss (technically speaking).

If i use my ears, and my ears only, I don't mind hearing the two-time compressed music, it's just that my anal brain keep telling me i'm an idiot.

So, again, is there any ways to beat this problem? (or probably 'convert' really means 'convert'?)

thank you for your help

[ratbagradio]

The irony is, I think, that HiMD is a negation of Mp3 as it offers you portability and play that is a much better quality recording than the heavily squished Mp3 format is. I record on my disk and then convert to wav to edit before exporting as mp3 for web podcasting--and the end quality is very much better than recording directly to mp3.

The other way around is at a price as I used to record in Mp3 on an iRiver, edit in a looseless format then export as mp3. Speech will work but music suffers big time.

So I guess you can't get a silk purse out of a sower's ear.

But enjoy your rh10 for what it is --and in future cut out the mp3 middle man.

[Richard]

As a wise man (aka Greenmachine) once said:

did you consider to use the equalizer to compensate for the lack of high frequencies, for example 4khz [+1], 10kHz [+2]?

[Sparky191]

I recently just found out that mp3s in sony Rh10 do actually sound bad or not the way they're supposed to. (i'm pretty sure most of you know about this).

I'm just wandering how you guys beat this problem?

I decided to 'convert' my mp3s to atrac3+ 352k. but after several times of doing this, I then realized that 'converting' does not really mean 'converting' but more like '(re)compressing' the mp3 again. This just means more quality loss (technically speaking).

If i use my ears, and my ears only, I don't mind hearing the two-time compressed music, it's just that my anal brain keep telling me i'm an idiot.

So, again, is there any ways to beat this problem? (or probably 'convert' really means 'convert'?)

thank you for your help

Compressing one compressed format into another is called transcoding. You try and avoid it. But if you can't hear it does it matter?

Your choices are use ATRAC or use MP3 and adjust the EQ.

Best quality is always from the original source before any lossy compression has been run. From the original CD if possible.

The irony is, I think, that HiMD is a negation of Mp3 as it offers you portability and play that is a much better quality recording than the heavily squished Mp3 format is. I record on my disk and then convert to wav to edit before exporting as mp3 for web podcasting--and the end quality is very much better than recording directly to mp3.

The other way around is at a price as I used to record in Mp3 on an iRiver, edit in a looseless format then export as mp3. Speech will work but music suffers big time.

So I guess you can't get a silk purse out of a sower's ear.

But enjoy your rh10 for what it is --and in future cut out the mp3 middle man.

You can make high quality MP3's. You just need to know how to.