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Old January 21st, 2015, 07:47 AM
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Re: Are KMA files better than Zip, mp3g, etc?

I personally can't see any advantage now days in kma types. When Hoster was first introduced hard drive space was at a premium especially with a laptop. When ripping direct from disc the kma format would rip to wma format which at the same compression as mp3 would supposedly give a better audio quality. In those days you were probably talking about 96k rips. With todays terabyte hard drives the need to compress so much is no longer a problem, I import all my CD+G now at 320k zip format which far exceeds the previous quality. Not only that mp3 or zip format can be used in most other audio software, kma is basically limited to MTU products and would need converting to be able to use in any other product.
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