Make MP3's Sound better?

Quick blurb here.
FXSound.com has released their DFX 8.0 Audio Enhancer plugin.
It's $39.99 (currently on sale for $29.99 for 11 more days) for a universal plugin, or $29.99 (on sale for $19.99) for a single player plugin.

CNet has rated it really high, but we're talking mp3's here.
People buy iPod's, noise cancellation headphones, plugin packs, but at the end of the day you've still got a compressed audio file.

Has anyone out there used this? Is it worth $40? Is it worth it over, say, ripping your music to a higher bit rate?
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Back with a fun Freebie! FREE PLUGIN! FREE VST!

Was the title obnoxious enough for ya? Maybe now I'll show up in more searches...

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I mean, I'm back from the happiest place on earth! The missus and I took a weekend down at Disneyland, and yes it was silly good fun! Maybe if some one asks I'll post a pic of me in Mouse ears...MAYBE!


So anywho, I don't write a lot of music, or any music very well, but when I do, I've got quite a collection of free plugins to work with. One that I don't see very often is Ichiro Toda's Synth1 (@KVRAudio). This thing is ugly, really ugly, one of the ugliest plugins I've ever seen, but man is this thing useful. Just about every (crappy) piece of music I've ever written has used this synth, and it comes with a pretty decent batch of presets.

Go check it out! It's free!




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