On this blog we'll attempt to share the best MP3 rips possible on the net of Japanese artists, news and some older too, according to our particulary quality standards:
- The source file will be always a FLAC verified with CUETools and AccuratRip having for sharing here necesarialy positive matches in all tracks. This way we can ensure that the source is
error free so no ripping issues (like glitches or skips) will be present on the MP3 files.
- HDCD encoded and Pre-Emphasized CD's: Both of them has to be treatened before encoding to be listened to them properly. The first type ones come with an audible clipping if not decoded which screws the music in a worse way than any lossy encoding artifact. On the other side, pre-emphasis was an old Noise Removal filter applied to some early CD pressing that must be undone manually to recover the original sound. That's what we'll do, they'll be fixed prior converting.
- The encoder of choice will we
LAME at 320 CBR with joint stereo, so will be pushing to the max the MP3 capabilities to avoid any encoding issue.
Those things are the basics for now. I want to show from here my sincere gratitude to the best
J-Music lossless site for their fantastic job sharing most of the source files we will use. Highly recommended if you're looking for the original rip.
