Originally posted by schlauf
Telling different bitrates apart also heavily depends on the encoder used. For example, ancient Xing MP3 encoder or even L3Enc by Fhg sounds sh*tty at any given bitrate, while the latest LAME builds make it really difficult, especially with electronic music.
do anyone use anything but lame?
Apr-27-2008 16:01
elFreak
Blood Diamonds and Salsa
Registered: Feb 2008
Location: With Juan Pachanga Eating Tacos. Ah Ha Si Mi Gusta.
quote:
Originally posted by Keown
You would think with the size of todays hard drives and had fast the Internet has gotten we would see the last of 128 Kb/s MP3's....
the ipod generation doesnt give a shit about quality, its all about how much music they can steal they they will never listen to, and how much they can cram on an ipod.
technology is actually the enemy of quality. Just buy your stuff and problem solved.
i think that only listening for the first time you can tell about "hearing" the difference, later on when you know which sample is which it is more about convincing yourself that you actually hear it
Apr-28-2008 07:06
a98
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Kotka, Finland
indeed should have been a longer test, with atleast 3 options available. i did pick the right one, but i didn't think there was that big of a difference. in edm i think it matters even less since there are more synthetic sounds and not much natural real instruments.
anyone remember where was that test online, where they had few "experts" testing between 128kbps - 320kbps - wav, with high quality equipment. and none of them got it completely right, some even chose the 128kbps few times.
anyone with any hearing ability can tell a difference between 128 and 320. I would never play anything below 320 on a good system, or a shite one for that matter.
Apr-28-2008 14:56
treeboo
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Federal Outpost 19, a lonely quonset hut on Tower Road
Would love to see more "questions" to test this out
___________________
quote:
Originally posted by Ygrene
This is deserving of a Lifetime CORe Whore Achievment award.
Apr-28-2008 16:08
MrJiveBoJingles
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: U.S.
I'll make some tests with more genres for you guys in a bit.
Apr-28-2008 16:11
david.michael
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Dayton, OH, USA
quote:
Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
I'll make some tests with more genres for you guys in a bit.
Great.... but would you mind encoding from original WAVs or CDs? (ie... don't downsample an already-encoded mp3, or use an mp3 you already have)
