One important issue to bear in mind is that distinguishing MP3 from lossless (or higher rate MP3) is MUCH easier if you know what the encoding artifacts are and so what to listen for, and if you have selected a sample which the encoder will have problems with. Even 320 kbps MP3 can be distinguished from lossless that way in a blind test.
Then once you're spoiled by learning how to listen for MP3 artifacts, it's permanent - you'll be able to hear the difference, then you'll know you're listening to a lossy version, and then the good old audiophile psychology kicks in and it will start to sound terrible! Therefore I recommend that no one think about this question ever again :-). -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41120 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
