http://walt.lishost.org/2005/09/dropping-the-dial-up-and-one-cheer-for-msn/ The library voice of the radical middle. Thu, 23 May 2013 16:58:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://walt.lishost.org/2005/09/dropping-the-dial-up-and-one-cheer-for-msn/comment-page-1/#comment-462 walt Thu, 22 Sep 2005 01:14:36 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=138#comment-462 I’m not sure how the comment relates to the post, but chose to approve it anyway. Recording line-in is still recording the audio stream (as opposed to ripping from CD to MP3, entirely in the digital domain, on a PC). Theoretically, there should be some loss in the process. Realistically, for a portable player, it may not make much difference (if you’re recording at 128K, the losses from MP3 probably exceed any losses from the digital:analog:digital roundtrip). Purely an opinion; I haven’t used the device in question.

]]> http://walt.lishost.org/2005/09/dropping-the-dial-up-and-one-cheer-for-msn/comment-page-1/#comment-461 james gadberry Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:40:04 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=138#comment-461 Hello.
A question for you concerning a MP3 player with direct line-in for recording from CD. Is there any difference in quality with this type of input? I bought a I-River portable device with line in, and it was a little more expensive than without line in. Sound quality seem good to me. I left the Mini-Disc player to go to a smaller, easier to carry device for convenience and the MP3 stores more songs than the MD.
Thanks for your opinion,
James

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