darrenyeats;397115 Wrote: > That was me. :) > > The way I understand it VBR varies the bit rate dynamically between > something lower than the nominal VBR rate and 320. (In practice the bit > rate might never hit 320 if the space constraints are too high or the > signal too complex throughout, but it never goes over 320.) So you can > see for any nominal rate lower than 320, VBR does have an advantage > over CBR because it can, for complex parts of the music, apply up to > 320 encoding. > > However, since the highest rate for VBR is still 320 that means 320CBR > cannot be beaten. In fact 320VBR doesn't really exist, effectively that > is 320CBR. >
Darren, Thanks for the explanation. It turns out that while you can set the iTunes import settings to VBR 320, the VBR is ignored and you get CBR 320. I've set my iTunes import settings back to CBR 320 to avoid confusing myself again. Thanks, Kim -- krochat ------ Acourate -> Inguz DSP -> SB3 -> GW Labs DSP (96kHz upsampler) -> Apogee Big Ben -> TacT RCS 2.2X -> 2x TacT S2150 -> Vandersteen 3a Signature + TacT W210 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ krochat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60041 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
