On Sat, 8 Apr 2000, Hudson Kingery wrote:
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> Has anyone found examples of music that are not transparent at 256k or
> 320k? I'm referring to transparent on a mid-range home stereo not a
> high-end studio quality rig. (Mid-range to me is a Denon receiver and
> Sennheiser 580 headphones. I don't want to start a debate about what is and
> is not mid-range just wanted to be clear that I wasn't referring to
> inexpensive soundcards and PC speakers.)
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To a 'trained' ear (i.e. someone who's worked on the codec) things are
much less transparent then the average joe.
On some samples with mp3, 320k is not transparent to such listeners on any
sound equipment (I believe that the non-linear responce of lowend PC
speakers actually makes it more obvious)
> IF there are such musical selections and given that CDRs, CDR media and
> large harddrives are becoming more affordable by the day - has any
> consideration been given to extending the bitrate up to 384k and 440k? Do
> the ISO specs allow for this? Could these bitrates be handled by widely
> available MP3 players?
If you are going to make an incompatible format, why not go all the way
and fix all of MP3's stupidness.
Take a look at vorbis.
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