Nonreality;410415 Wrote: > From my experience and readings on hydrogenaudio.org what you are saying > is true up to about 160kbs. When you get into the higher bit rates you > really can't tell any difference between mp3, ogg or aac. There may be > differences in size but it's really not much at all. Try it and see. A > 256 mp3 is going to sound every bit as good as a 256 aac or ogg.
Personally, I find 64K MP3 to be truly awful - I have to turn it off. 128K WMA or AAC to be listenable for an extended period of time, if not equivalent to a quality FM broadcast. 192K - any format - to be hard to distinguish from lossless. So, when making compressed files - I opt for 192K Vorbis. -Ron -- Ron F. *Squeezebox setup:* wireless SB3 -> CI Audio VDA.2 DAC + VAC.1 PSU *Main rig:* NAD 7600 + NAD 2600A -> Phase Tech PC-6.5 speakers *Headphone rig:* Headroom Max -> Sennheiser 650s *Music Server:* Nano-ITX computer running SlimCD + 750 GByte HDD -> Netgear wireless router *Other stuff:* NAD C542 CDP, NAD 6300 Tape, Monster 5100 Power conditioner, Outlaw Audio cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ron F.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5616 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19155 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
