Hello,
I was just listening to that 'obvious artifact-creator' that makes vbr_mt do
strange things. Sad thing is that I cannot really easily detect it, on
my stereo that is. I'm just guessing more people will find it hard to
detect. It is however, very clearly present when I listen with my
headphones on.
At the risk of sounding even more arrogant, I'd like to advise everyone here,
putting hours in the development of LAME, if they have not already
have done so, to _invest in some decent pair of headphones_.
I myself bought a good pair of Sennheiser HD-490 headphones ($45,
belgium) and a sb128 soundcard ($25, nice linear play and high S/N
ratio(linux compatible, ensoniq)).
I think this would be a _very_ rational investment, considering the
countless hours spent tweaking and perfecting lame.
I've heard several times that people say: I cannot hear the artifacts
because of my bad hearing (age), but I'm convinced that just about
everyone here can hear what I'm hearing (with ease).
_Take my word for it_ that when you listen to some clips with this $70
equipment you
* will hear the >16kHz region (and miss it when filtered out)
* will find 192 insufficient for some uses, let alone 128
It's just, being blunt (we're all adults), I find it such a loss of
efford and time and unnecessary introduction of arbitrariness to
the debate of sound quality when you don't explore this option.
(btw: my hifi is _not_ a crap system, but the headphones just add a completely other
dimension)
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Best regards from your very own little arrogant pusher,
Roel mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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