[bookcourier] Re: Audible.co.uk

  • From: "James O'Dell" <jamesodell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:16:51 +0100

Steve and andrew

Have to agree with you here, it's a shame that they don't have any stereo formats and that the quality is quite poor compared to CD. I guess that they've done the research into the file size most people will be prepared to download, server capacity, connection speed and so on. I guess as blind people we are perhaps more likely to be "audiophiles", and also as BC users we have the advantage of being able to purchase and use as much storage as we need for our audio files, whereas someone with a 256MB player with an album or two on there isn't going to want to fill the whole thing up with a few chapters of an audio book. The other issue is that Audible is great value compared to any other option for purchasing books, so if I were you I'd sit back and enjoy your reading until everyone's got super-fast broadband andAudible can bump the quality up a bit. format 8, anyone?

James
----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Roberts" <a.t_roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 11:19 PM
Subject: [bookcourier] Re: Audible.co.uk


I agree it's probably OK for books but I have purchased a couple of dramas
which are meant to be in stereo and I just find the quality unacceptable for
that kind of thing. I think it's a shame as they have an aweful lot of the
BBC Radio Collection on there.

Andrew

-----Original Message-----
From: bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ted Shelly
Sent: 25 October 2006 00:55
To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookcourier] Re: Audible.co.uk


Andrew,

I have likewise been disappointed by the quality of Audible files. Many say
it is fine, but quality is in the ear of the listener. I do find that after
a while I get used to the scratchy, compressed sound and, if the book is
good, I can sit back and enjoy.

Ted

-----Original Message-----
From: bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Roberts
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 4:49 PM
To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookcourier] Audible.co.uk

Hi,

As the BC is Audible ready, I have signed up to Audible.co.uk.  However I
was led to believe that the sound quality on the format 4 files was
excelent, practically CD quality!  The files I'm downloading are certainly
not of that high standard.  I was wondering whether anyone else is finding
this and what the reason might be.  I have to say I am disappointed in the
sound quality I am getting.

All the best,

Andrew







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