Mark Lanctot;160202 Wrote: 
> Umm:
> Music CDs are recorded at 1411 kbps.  1411 kbps <> 128 kbps...

It's not a fair comparison, since the 128k stream is MP3 encoded
whereas the 1411 stream is uncompressed. For example, you could stream
a CD at about half that bitrate (e.g. 705 kbps or so) using FLAC
encoding, with absolutely no loss in quality, since FLAC is a lossless
encoding method. 

There's no sense in directly comparing bitrates between two different
encoding methods (e.g. compressed vs. not, or even MP3 vs. AAC vs. OGG)
without also discussing the sonic characteristics of each stream.


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