Archimago wrote: > Lots of good discussion here already. > > 2009 Beatles USB "hi-res" 24/44 was ~0.35dB or so louder in many tracks > compared to the equivalent 16/44 CD release. > > High quality MP3 sounds very close if not identical to lossless 16/44... > If you missed it, there was the blind MP3 vs. lossless test from > earlier this year. Bottom line - out of 151 respondents, high-bitrate > MP3 vs. lossless - more people picked MP3 as "better". Guys with > expensive equipment preferred the MP3 even more! Needs larger study, > replication, etc... but I think it's clearly consistent with the idea > that high-bitrate MP3's do not sound like "crap" as some people would > have everyone believe. > > http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2013/02/high-bitrate-mp3-internet-blind-test_3422.html > > Welcome to the SB forums Heisenberg.
There are however excellent reasons to use lossles files anyway . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98591 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
