> I guess in a year or so when the severe bugs are out, one can only
> assess then how far the psycho-accoustics will carry this one and if
> it can reach up to the current standard of mp3 and alikes.
I did some listening tests (used Sennheiser HD490 ear phones) with funk
songs, ballads and hard rock songs. To my surprise I found that ogg
sounds much better than 128kbit or 160kbit MP3 (especially the problems
caused by perc and drums in MP3s < 256kbit have gone). BUT when you
compare ogg files with the original sound file (or 256kbit MP3s) you
will find, that ogg files sound like they've been running through an
equalizer. The sound is crisper, the stereo image is brighter; they seem
to be a little bit louder than the original.
Even if it may be a "long" way ogg looks promising to me. The biggest
drawback of ogg - and the big advandtage of MP3 - is that I can't play
this format on my hardware DVD player (and I guess it might take a while
until this situation changes).
Best regards,
Wilfried Behne
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