P Floding;179073 Wrote: > There is a little problem with this whole approach. > > mp3 CAN sound good, and we tend to accept what we are served up -for a > while. To actually identify the different coding formats one would have > to learn to listen for specific things. > > I found mp3, AAC and Dolby Digital inoffensive and rather pleasant > sounding -given decent bitrates.
What, exactly, is the "problem" with this approach? The OP just asked if we can tell the difference between 128 kbs MP3 and FLAC. If you can't, you can't, but there's no "problem". Obviously high bitrate MP3 sounds good; sufficiently high bitrates are indistinguishable from the original except possibly on very contrived test tones. Personally I have no difficulty at all distinguishing 128 MP3 from FLAC on the tracks I've tried it on, and I can prove it using the plugin I mentioned. It's true that you learn to listen for certain things, and that makes you a bit better at it, but only a bit. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32576 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
