Any day, buddy. My ears are as sharp as any, including yours, Charlie. Not bragging, just telling you truth that has been verified over and over with instrumentation (including an oscilloscope or two).
Can I hear the difference between 160 kbs and live? Of course. 160 and 320? Of course.
And, for all your petulant whining, how about proving you're not an abominably hypocrite (like most MS apologists/shills) and telling us you listen to *nothing* but *vinyl* and, only then, on your very expensive home stereo.
Oh, that's right: after your knee-jerk, troll-like trash talking of iPods and [all] those who use them, *you* confess you have an iPod or, possibly, a Zune.
Hypocrite or Bad Taste.
Take your pick.
I'm neither. I have had several iPods, and the difference for me between the kbs rate of "lossy" content is not an issue --- again, not because I don't have good ears, but because I *still* enjoy my music.
And, yes, the earphones that come with iPods are crap. Everyone knows that. Most iPod/Apple users I know are *much* more secure than the *typical* MS shill/apologist/zealot who posts here (whom is usually anything *but* the typical, Joe Sixpack Windows user) and have no problem admitting flaws and/or issues with Apple stuff.
You could learn something and maybe not get your ******* in a bunch when discussing what many --- much more objective than you who *also* use Windows, primarily --- others seem to discuss less defensively.
So, you own a Zune? Or an iPod. How do you listen to music --- 90% of the time?
If quality is your primary/only beef, stick with vinyl and audiophile-quality home stereo equipment.
And stop whining about DRM; it never really was an issue (unlike WGA, UAC, *and* swiss cheese "security," etc, with Windows) and it certainly is not, now.
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