Albert, How old are you? Older people ten to have a diminished ability to hear certain frequencies than younger people. Also, bit rate alone can't simply be compared, according to the folks at HydrogenAudio. The developers of the Lame MP3 encoder report that accuracy of the ripped track, variability of the bit rate and the ability to distribute sounds throughout the stereo field all have an impact on the sound quality and file size. The Lame presets are the results from exhaustive listener tests on highly trained ears from several continents.
Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: "albert griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 8:34 PM Subject: the worth of bit rates: >I know this is a rather subjective question but I'm just looking for some > input here. I've been ripping my disks to the WMA lossless format. > However, to make a file easier to send, I ripped the same disk to > mp3256kpbs > and it was a fifth the size of the track ripped to lossless. Now, I > didn't > hear a difference but the reason might be because I'm playing the tracks > through only fair speakers, about $100 for the pair with a small sub > woofer. > My question is; do those of you with better sound systems notice a real > difference in the quality of these formats?thanks for your input. > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
