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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: High kbps/Low kbps power consumptionRe: High kbps/Low kbps power consumption
From: Brent Geery <fasttimes_at_mochamail.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 14:45:27 -0700 On Thu, 05 Jun 2003 17:37:12 -0400, Neon John <johngd_at_bellsouth.net> wrote: > I have very good ears and I can't hear the difference between the original CD > and 192kbps even on my mid-level home system playing directly from the > computer. I certainly can't hear the difference once the sound goes through > the Archos' audio output circuit and then through headphones, even my > PortaPros. It is a waste of space and processing power to put anything above > 128kbps on the Archos, unless perhaps you're using the digital out to a high > end system. If 128kb/s is transparent to you, your ears are far from "very good". > I store all my rips at 192kbps on my computer. I downsample to 128kbps for > the Archos using CDex and LAME. On this 2 gig machine the process is quite > rapid. Since I have the disc space I simply maintain two file trees, one for > the original rips and one for the archos. If 128kb/s transcoded again from 192kb/s is transparent to you, your ears are *really* far from "very good"! -- BRENT - The Usenet typo king. :) Fast Times At Ridgemont High Info http://www.FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh.org Voted #87 - American Film Institute's Top 100 Funniest American FilmsReceived on 2003-06-06 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |