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From:Nuno Berneaud
Date:4 Jul 2001 at 20:32:36
Subject:Re: Napster gone?

Hello Chris

On 04-Jul-01, you wrote:

>CM ----- Original Message -----
>CM From: "Nicholaus Darley-Jones" <nickdj@glosamigagroup.co.uk>
>CM To: <amigactive@yahoogroups.com>
>CM Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 8:58 PM
>CM Subject: [amigactive] Re: Napster gone?
>CM
>CM> The Amiga can download and play MP3's much better than a PC because
>CM> the client is excellent and the Amiga can play full quality MP3s
>CM> without a soundcard!
>CM
>CM WTF!?!
>CM
>CM So an Amiga with a 16 year old sound chip, playing MP3`s, sounds
>CM better than a Soundblaster Live! Dolby Digital 5.1 soundcard? Which
>CM as it happens, I have installed in my PC.
>CM
>CM There`s no contest, the PC wins. The Amiga does a rerasonable job
>CM without a soundcard but it ain`t even close to a PC and a £30
>CM soundcard.
>CM
>CM Even using AmigaAmp & WarpUp for decoding, it is not `full quality`.

I think you are missing the point.
The Amiga does a *decent* job *without* a soundcard.
Try to play an mp3 on a PC without one...
I don't have a soundcard but I'm sure that with one you get full
quality on the Amiga,too.

Bye,

Nuno

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