it seems that there is a new mp3 codec coming along, that will cut down file
size in half, or make a 128kbps encoded mp3 sound just that much richer...
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/computing/01/12/mp3.pro.idg/index.html
Greg Malcolm
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quoted 37 lines From: "shipman" <xen@i4free.co.nz>
>From: "shipman" <xen@i4free.co.nz>
>To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: Re: [idm] Sound quality
>Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 05:00:38 +1300
>
> > In blind testing using audiophile-type snobs, they were *unable* to
> > tell apart the original source recording from an MP3 encoded
> > @128kbps or higher.
>
>At 128kbps I would be hard pushed to find a track that didn't sound
>different from source to mp3, I think those 'audiophile-type snobs' should
>find another hobby... however I certainly agree that at 256 (and in many
>cases 192) there is no discernable difference.
>On a related side note, I have found Cipater (1st track chiastic slide, as
>if anyone here doesn't know :) actually sounds better (in a way) in a poor
>quality 128k encode. I mean, its just so oily and grindy to begin with, the
>lofi nastiness seems to help it along :)
>
> > Sure, it depends on codecs, algorhythms and other nice words, but
> > at the end of the day if there is a happy confluence of all the
> > relevant bits of technology, the result should be sweet and pleasing.
>
>The problem is, most people (particularly in the napster community) seem to
>have no idea that there are different codecs, or for that matter, different
>bitrates!
>Of course, most people who download the files are in the same boat as the
>encoders, which is where the myth of "mp3 sucks" comes from...
>I can't help but feel that if the makers of encoding software set the
>'default' at 256kbps we'd see a lot more high quality mp3 files out
>there...
>
>
>
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