opaqueice;250096 Wrote: > One important issue to bear in mind is that distinguishing MP3 from > lossless (or higher rate MP3) is MUCH easier if you know what the > encoding artifacts are and so what to listen for, and if you have > selected a sample which the encoder will have problems with. Even 320 > kbps MP3 can be distinguished from lossless that way in a blind test. > > Then once you're spoiled by learning how to listen for MP3 artifacts, > it's permanent - you'll be able to hear the difference, then you'll > know you're listening to a lossy version, and then the good old > audiophile psychology kicks in and it will start to sound terrible! > > Therefore I recommend that no one think about this question ever again > :-).
I'm interested to know what encoder artefacts are known to have problems with which particular samples. I'd love to be able to pick the difference between CD and 320 kbps MP3. -- peejay Music is what feelings sound like - Unknown ------------------------------------------------------------------------ peejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7046 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41120 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
