In article , Serge Auckland
scribeth thus
"Eeyore" wrote in message
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Serge Auckland wrote: No I didn't!! Keiron99 did!!



I ditched all my
expensive gear a few years ago when I finally admitted to myself that
my ageing ears couldn't tell the difference between 128kbs mp3 and the
originals.

OW !

Graham

Nevertheless, although I have been able to tell 128kMP3s against the
original, if just listening to the MP3 without being able to compare with
the original, I'm not conscious of anything missing. In fact, that's true
right down to low streaming bit rates. The quality may be well down on the
original, immediately obvious with an AB comparison, but under conditions of
use typical for an MP3 player, the quality is more than adequate for
entertainment.

I think that's the great achievement of psychoacoustic data reduction, that
it really does work the way the designers intended.

Pity they don't use it how its supposed to be in the broadcast field;!..

I can tell the difference with MP3's their noticeable till you get up to
320 K or thereabouts!..

S.




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Tony Sayer