Ikabob;457650 Wrote: > What exactly is kbps? Is it better to have a station with a high # or a > smaller #. I am listening to a station with 24 kbps and it buffered up > quickly and the sound is ok. It is a talk station. Since it buffered > quickly I thought that the lower # was preferrable so this is why I > asked. I guess I am still learning about all this stuff. Should this > affect my settings?
>From the Wiki: In telecommunications, bit rate or data transfer rate is the average number of bits, characters, or blocks per unit time passing between equipment in a data transmission system. This is typically measured in multiples of the units bit per second or byte per second. So the higher the rate shown should translate to a higher quality audio stream (of course that does not account for how well it was recorded in the first place). So in other words if the exact same recording is streamed at 24 Kbps and 64 Kbps on another channel, I would prefer to listen to the 64 Kbps. I could probably stand listening to Talk Radio at 24 Kbps for a little while. Music audio minimum for me is 128 Kbps which I can take for a little while. 192 is better and 256 Kbps even better, I can listen for much longer. If comparing to MP3s that have a bunch of detail thrown away, one would consider those to be 96 and 128 Kbps MP3s. 128Kbps is 1/11th the size of the Redbook file it started out as. Of course this is over simplifying to make a comparison. Wiki MP3 for a more detailed explanation. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Second Boom Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67819 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
