I need proof of what mp3 bitrate is cd quality...

[zixxer]

anyone have links? help? thanks

 

[Ronstang]

Subjectivity is basically impossible to prove.....good luck on your quest.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Mp3s aren't CD quality.

 

[conjur]

I thought it was standard practice that 128kbps was CD quality? Me? I wouldn't take anything under 192kbps. If I rip my own CDs, I use the -alt preset extreme setting for LAME.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: se7enty7
anyone have links? help? thanks

Technically NO mp3 bitrate is CD quality because it's a lossy codec

 

[Pepsi90919]

mp3's are not cd quality. wav's and losslessly compressed wav's are cd quality.

 

[Alex]

Originally posted by: conjur
I thought it was standard practice that 128kbps was CD quality? Me? I wouldn't take anything under 192kbps. If I rip my own CDs, I use the -alt preset extreme setting for LAME.

cd quality is 320kpbs isnt it?

 

[5LiterMustang]

Originally posted by: franguinho

Originally posted by: conjur
I thought it was standard practice that 128kbps was CD quality? Me? I wouldn't take anything under 192kbps. If I rip my own CDs, I use the -alt preset extreme setting for LAME.

cd quality is 320kpbs isnt it?

Technically its not because mp3 is a lossy compression scheme as mentioned earlier. 320 is dang close and I'd imagine that the human ear can't tell the difference. I know I have excellent hearing and on a great stereo the difference between 320kbps compressed on my pc and the cd that it came off of is minimal not really noticeable unless you're specifically trying to hear the differences.

 

[Alex]

Originally posted by: 5LiterMustang

Originally posted by: franguinho

Originally posted by: conjur
I thought it was standard practice that 128kbps was CD quality? Me? I wouldn't take anything under 192kbps. If I rip my own CDs, I use the -alt preset extreme setting for LAME.

cd quality is 320kpbs isnt it?

Technically its not because mp3 is a lossy compression scheme as mentioned earlier. 320 is dang close and I'd imagine that the human ear can't tell the difference. I know I have excellent hearing and on a great stereo the difference between 320kbps compressed on my pc and the cd that it came off of is minimal not really noticeable unless you're specifically trying to hear the differences.

so for all practical purposes 320 = cd quality because mp3s just dont get any better.

 

[LordMagnusKain]

i like VBR 320 high 128 low.

I don't have an ear for that sort of thing, but some say even 320 sounds like it's being played out of a tin-can.

 

[FrustratedUser]

No MP3 bit rate is cd quality, in theory.

 

[DaveSimmons]

If you want CD quality, you need lossless compression like with FLAC. Only 300 MB per CD

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Originally posted by: franguinho

Originally posted by: 5LiterMustang

Originally posted by: franguinho

Originally posted by: conjur
I thought it was standard practice that 128kbps was CD quality? Me? I wouldn't take anything under 192kbps. If I rip my own CDs, I use the -alt preset extreme setting for LAME.

cd quality is 320kpbs isnt it?

Technically its not because mp3 is a lossy compression scheme as mentioned earlier. 320 is dang close and I'd imagine that the human ear can't tell the difference. I know I have excellent hearing and on a great stereo the difference between 320kbps compressed on my pc and the cd that it came off of is minimal not really noticeable unless you're specifically trying to hear the differences.

so for all practical purposes 320 = cd quality because mp3s just dont get any better.

Dude, that's like saying a corvette is equal to a mclaren f1, since a corvette is the best car from GMC...

 

[Siddhartha]

I tested this. I ripped a favorite CD that has a large dynamic range at 128 kbs, 256 kbs, and 320 kbs and compared them to the original. My sound system is a Sony receiver driving a speaker system make up of two satellites and two subwoofers. The 128 kbs rip sounded like music from a typical FM radio signal. The 256 kbs rip sounded better than anything I have heard over a good quality FM signal. The 320 kbs rip was close enough to the origiinal that I am not sure I would be able to tell the difference in a normal listen environment.

In my car a song ripped at 128 kbs rip, because of its frequency range, sounds much better than anything I have heard over the car radio.

I ripped my CDs at 320 kbs.