opaqueice;186917 Wrote: > I don't think it's as simple as that. MP3 uses a psychoacoustic model > to decide which spectral information to retain. VBR gives it the > additional freedom to "concentrate" on certain parts of the file, so it > might well allow the differences to be greater in parts of the file > where they matter less, for example because the power is mostly in some > frequency range in which human hearing is less sensitive. > > Can you hear the difference (in either file) from FLAC?
I can hear a difference, yes, but for any given example I have difficulty spotting which is FLAC and which is MP3. I generated the differences it order to "train my ear", so to speak. Given my equipment it is perhaps not surprising that I can't tell which is which... I'm starting to think that my 3020 is slowly dying. -- joatca SB3, NAD 3020, Mission 762i's ------------------------------------------------------------------------ joatca's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32576 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
