For those who listen to music at 128kbps....

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Try 320 once, sounds much better! :beer:

 

[quakefiend420]

only with the sound system to back it up...i've noticed most people who don't play with audio equipment much have extremely badly set up eq's...and that probably is most people out there

 

[dugweb]

re-encoding my 128kbps to 320kbps now.... ill tell you in a minute if i can tell a difference

 

[pray4mojo]

VBR!

 

[zip1385]

FLAC!

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: dugweb
re-encoding my 128kbps to 320kbps now.... ill tell you in a minute if i can tell a difference

heh, i almost replied with a "you're a moron comment" until i saw the wink

 

[Yanagi]

Dont rely on winks. Fix that sarcasm-o-meter pronto!

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: zip1385
FLAC!

:thumbsup: true CD quality lossless goodness for only about 300 MB per CD.

Plus you have backups of all of your CDs, and can transcode to lossy formats for portables as needed.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
Try 320 once, sounds much better! :beer:

Depends on what you're playing it with.

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: pray4mojo
VBR!

I :heart: vbr.... sounds so good

 

[Schadenfroh]

i cant tell the difference even on my $800 pioneer stereo..... did i just waste $800 on a pioneer stereo when my hearing is so bad that i cant tell the difference between 128K MP3 and music from the real CD?

 

[Hossenfeffer]

Originally posted by: dugweb
re-encoding my 128kbps to 320kbps now.... ill tell you in a minute if i can tell a difference

BWAHAA

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
i cant tell the difference even on my $800 pioneer stereo..... did i just waste $800 on a pioneer stereo when my hearing is so bad that i cant tell the difference between 128K MP3 and music from the real CD?

no.....its probably your speakers or you are not an audiophile

 

[radioouman]

I'll let you know next time I'm at the gym and I'm listening to MP3s on my $50 MP3 player and $10 headphones...

 

[jamesbond007]

Any of you guys try the Windows Media 9 format? I haven't messed with it much, but their demo sure sounds good. In the real world, is it that much better? I haven't encoded a CD before with WMP10.

EDIT: Forgot the URL

 

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: scorpmatt

Originally posted by: pray4mojo
VBR!

I :heart: vbr.... sounds so good

VBR is the best for Mp3s.

All the quality of a 320 kbit rip, with the benefits of saving at least a little bit of space.

 

[theGlove]

Originally posted by: pray4mojo
VBR!

no way I hate VBR I dont care if it sounds better I just hate it. Crashes some of my players!!

 

[So]

Originally posted by: theGlove

Originally posted by: pray4mojo
VBR!

no way I hate VBR I dont care if it sounds better I just hate it. Crashes some of my players!!

What are you using, winamp 1.xx?

(just to clarify, I used to hate VBR for the same reason, but times have changed).

 

[gigapet]

thats funny. They sound tremendous on my klipsch 2.1s

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: theGlove

Originally posted by: pray4mojo
VBR!

no way I hate VBR I dont care if it sounds better I just hate it. Crashes some of my players!!

What are you using, winamp 1.xx?

(just to clarify, I used to hate VBR for the same reason, but times have changed).

maybe he meant the portable kind....

 

[0roo0roo]

vbr ~200kbs average or so i doubt most could tell that from 320k or lossless

 

[nakedfrog]

Listen for the cymbals/hi-hats... that's always one of the things that sticks out most for me at lower CBRs.

 

[aplefka]

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: dugweb
re-encoding my 128kbps to 320kbps now.... ill tell you in a minute if i can tell a difference

heh, i almost replied with a "you're a moron comment" until i saw the wink

Same here haha

 

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Listen for the cymbals/hi-hats... that's always one of the things that sticks out most for me at lower CBRs.

Yup. For my PSP I usually take the middle ground and go with 192 or something, but for home listening I go a high as I can.

 

[dugweb]

Originally posted by: aplefka

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: dugweb
re-encoding my 128kbps to 320kbps now.... ill tell you in a minute if i can tell a difference

heh, i almost replied with a "you're a moron comment" until i saw the wink

Same here haha

haha, i really debated wether or not i should put the wink, and if people were gonna catch it... glad a did, looks like i dodged the bullet with that one