I'm going through the process of converting all my WAV mixes into MP3 to put on my new site and was wondering what quality download people preferred.

Personally, if given the choice I'd go for 320 everytime but I know that some people might not have the connection speed to wait for the extra download time required.

So which quality/size should I upload?

Cheers

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Just do both if you can.
If not I would say 192 because many people don't have the time or bandwidth.
Towards the end of each month the size of a mix may determine whether I download it or not since my household seems to go over the cap every month .

320! if they can't handle the download, they need to get into the 21st century

about 10 years ago 128k was "the best"...it's not the best anymore...so use the highest bit rate you can

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If people haven't got the time to download a 20mb file - well, they need to upgrade their connection.

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Originally posted by Jarvmeister If people haven't got the time to download a 20mb file - well, they need to upgrade their connection. Jarv

What kind of a mix would be 20MB?

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192 is fine

you don't hear much of a difference making the jump from 192 to 320, at least not for the purposes of posting a mix, they're not going to be listening to them on a quality sound rig, most likely headphones and car stereos

not exactly a high fidelity environment

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery What kind of a mix would be 20MB?

most mixes are 120 mb...

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Originally posted by a.chan most mixes are 120 mb...

Um... okay.

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Whats the point of recording and then rendering the mix in 320kb...

192kb is more than enough, you're going to be listening to the mix at home on monitors/headphones/earphones in your iPod and you most likely will not notice any difference...

It's just a waste of space on your server.

I voted for 320 kbs mp3

I agree with most mixes are anywhere from 100 - 120 MB. It's been like that for years. I remember when I was on Dialup, it would take me 2 hours to download a 100 MB mix.

Can't say how many people are downloading @ 5 kb anymore but, usually a file of that size equals to a over an hours worth of music.

You can always make a 320 kbs, 128 kbs mp3 file for those that are complaining about it taking too long to download.

I generally drop anywhere from 225 - 320 kbs mp3 mix, and a 96 kbs WMA mix for those still on dial up.

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To give things some perspective...

1 Hour mix
320kbps = approx 140mb
192kpbs = approx 85mb
128kpbs = approx 55mb

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery What kind of a mix would be 20MB?

Dunno. None. I read the question wrong. I thought he/she was talking about hosting singles, so hence my 20mb comment.