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At what bitrate do you call your mp3s acceptable? You do not have permission to vote on this poll.
My disc space is precious to me! - beneath tha 96	1	1.61%
96 kbps	0	0%
112 kbps	0	0%
128 kbps	8	12.90%
160 kbps	6	9.68%
192 kbps (The "standard"??)	33	53.23%
225 kbps	1	1.61%
320 kbps	6	9.68%
F*ck the 320 kbps-lovers! - At least 400+!	0	0%
500 or higher, f*ck the rest!	0	0%
Mp3 sucks, give me the wave-quality so that I can burn it directly to a CD!	4	6.45%
I only BUY my records, indeed!	2	3.23%
I steal them	1	1.61%
OGG (name your acceptable bitrate...)	0	0%
WMA V8 (name your acceptable bitrate...)	0	0%
Other (name your acceptable bitrate...)	0	0%
Total:	62 votes	100%

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websley
Senior tranceaddikt

Registered: Apr 2004
Location: Helmond

Mp3's - Acceptable bitrate...

At what bitrate do you call mp3s acceptable? Or... Do you only BUY your records??

I have f*cking no idea if this is posted before
Fuck the button on this one!

Oct-02-2004 15:19 Netherlands

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pnuemo
ALBATROSS

Registered: Nov 2000
Location:

i always encode at 192. it works fine for me.

Oct-02-2004 16:07 United States

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Shahar
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Registered: Jun 2002
Location:

192Kbps is enough...

Oct-02-2004 16:10

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Mattsanity
Supreme tranceaddict

Registered: Aug 2003
Location:

320 KBPS

Simply the best

Oct-02-2004 16:21 South Korea

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TweeK
What About The Future

Registered: Apr 2004
Location: Underground Pirate Station [JSRF]

192

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Oct-02-2004 16:30 Mexico

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Mr.Mystery
Static Guru

Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Vantaa

It's not all about the bitrate, the encoder used makes quite a difference as well. A crap encoder will make even 320kbps mp3 sound crap whereas a good encoder can make a 112kbps mp3 sound good.

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Oct-02-2004 16:53 Finland

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websley
Senior tranceaddikt

Registered: Apr 2004
Location: Helmond

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
It's not all about the bitrate, the encoder used makes quite a difference as well. A crap encoder will make even 320kbps mp3 sound crap whereas a good encoder can make a 112kbps mp3 sound good.

That's true, however I recognize it merely as some crackle and probably also distortion but NOT in general. They're "Little errors" that are pretty anoying!

Oct-02-2004 18:57 Netherlands

D-res
Hangin from Sagan's uvula

Registered: May 2004
Location: Milwaukee, WI

most of the mp3s ive ripped off my CDs are 128 to save space. fuck anything less than that. when i have room to spare though, i go to 225

Oct-02-2004 19:13 United States

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websley
Senior tranceaddikt

Registered: Apr 2004
Location: Helmond

quote:
Originally posted by D-res
most of the mp3s ive ripped off my CDs are 128 to save space. fuck anything less than that. when i have room to spare though, i go to 225

I guess I second that. However, I once listened to a 128 kbps mp3 version of Dido - Don't Leave Home. And when I really focus on the high-hats, I'm like...

Oct-02-2004 19:15 Netherlands

Turner
Drowning Sunlight

Registered: Jan 2003
Location: In The Shadows

The majority of mine are 192 kbps

Oct-02-2004 19:16 England

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Hanki
... Timewritin'

Registered: May 2004
Location: Plastic City

Almost every track which I use is in 192 Kbps bitrate and the quality is good, so I think it's enough...

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Oct-02-2004 21:12 Poland

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DjSimonB
Convergence

Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Glasgow

192 for me.

I use iTunes for my encoding btw.

I can still listen to 128, but it's noticably different for me. 192 sounds good enough to me, it's not quite wav or vinyl quality but it's decent, and I don't want to take up any more space on my disk.

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Oct-03-2004 00:32 Scotland