garym wrote: > Callesoroe, Please don't take offense, and I certainly don't mean any > (it's all about the music after all, and I myself use FLAC files at home > and a Transporter!). But it is simply amazing to me that you are able > to detect "huge" differences (and I assume you've tried a number of > tracks, not simply one track, which could of course be a song that might > be a "problem sample" for the mp3 encoder). I'm amazed because this > flies in the face of controlled experiments of 100s (maybe thousands) of > people, including folks who are taking the comparisons (and test design) > very, very seriously. > > So my only interpretation is that you either have very unusual hearing > (and I'm pretty sure you're not 8 years old....as young people do in > fact have very good hearing regarding high frequencies) or there is > something else not setup correctly in your setup. For example, have you > done anything different from default in "file types" in LMS or bitrate > limiting, etc. I'm just grasping for some difference in your system > that makes high bit rate mp3 files sound so clearly worse when this is > simply not supported by widespread empirical evidence. I'm not doubting > that you hear huge differences....I'm just doubting that the obvious > source of this difference can be FLAC vs 320kbs mp3 file. Regards.
I guess you could say the differences detected are small where the music appears to be smeared especialy during more complex passages compared to a wav file, so it comes down to a matter of which one is preferred. I use 320vbr quicktime transcoded mp3 on my Ipod Touch as that is good enough for portable music, but on my main system the resolution is just not there in mp3. I guess the thousands of people you are quoting don't have high quality systems or are just not that bothered by how the music sounds, even so an average pair of headphones plugged into a laptop is all it takes to differentiate mp3 from Wav/flac. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SBGK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52003 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98374 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
