darrenyeats;396308 Wrote: > Ha-ha! > > When it comes to MP3 I would like to know about VBR vs CBR. IME VBR is > better, I would rather have VBR 'Max quality' (~256) than CBR320...and > the fact it's more compact seals the deal. > > Of course, measuring a difference isn't conclusive (there may be still > no audible difference) whereas measuring no difference is conclusive. > Darren
What's interesting is how much you have to boost the difference to hear anything... Darren, You are right that a measured difference may still be inaudible. It depends how loud it is compared to the noise floor and other masking phenomena. The software lets you test this really easily. So far, MP3 (via LAME) is pretty obviously different. As for expensive spdif coax... Also, downsampling hirez seems pretty worthwhile & effective... :) I'm getting a correlation depth of -80dB on most tests. That's pretty low in the mix! By the way, stock PSU's sound pretty good... and I can reccomend turning off the SB3 display if using its analogue outs, but for digital out it makes no difference... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods)- Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber & Chord cables Outdoors: Boombox+Creative Sub (If I remember to turn it on...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60041 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
