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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: AW: Question about CD-Quality and MP3Re: AW: Question about CD-Quality and MP3
From: Bluechip <csbluechip_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 05:11:08 +0000 > >A friend of mine encoded the same (chosen to be complex) track and > >compressed it at everything from 128...320 ...It was his (non-musicians > >(and he knows that)) ear that said "at 160 I personally couldn't her the > >difference, so I went with 192 - the next one up." > >Finally! Another rational person regarding bitrates. I should have >figured it would have been you, 'chip :-) There is rampant insanity >out there regarding bitrates. I'll pulled down audio books with the >rate set to 360kbps! Absurd. :O LMAO ...I fear someone has _really_ missed the point there! >Have very good hearing, especially for my age, and I can't tell the >difference in most material at 160kbps. I've also settled on 192kbps >on my computer and 128k for my JBR, the latter being a good compromise >between sound quality and battery life. > >Like you said, one has to double-blind test if one is to know for >sure. I like your method. The only thing I'd do different is to have >someone else build the random playlist so that I'd not know anything >about the CD at all. Hence: "Best thing is get a friend to put them on the CD in a random order." LOL ;) >Along these same lines, I got a new set of PortaPros yesterday. I >have 4 sets that I needed to send back for warranty repair, mostly >cords pulled out from snagging on stuff and I just could not stand >being without any :-) > >WOW! I can't believe how much better the new set sound compared to >the older ones. The difference made me go "holy sh*t!". My >next-newest set is probably at least 4 years old. I don't know what >happens over time - maybe the magnets weaken or the diaphragms weaken >or the magnetic field attracts crud or... - but something does. > >With the lifetime warranty in effect, I highly recommend anyone with >PortaPros send 'em back for new ones every few years. Interesting ...cheers :) >John >--- >John De Armond >See my website for my current email address >http://www.johngsbbq.com >Cleveland, Occupied TN >A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.-Ralph Waldo Emerson Received on 2006-02-02 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |