Although sped up playback quality has improved over time with the Audible app for iDevices, the last time I made a comparison it was still not as good as the VR Stream or the Audible app for Android. And it is not as good as the quality of sped up playback with BARD Mobile.
I use Format 4. This is because I don't care about having stereo in an Audio book, and format 4 is a good deal smaller file size. When I used to listen to books using a VR Stream I used a speed which figured out to be somewhat shy of 1.75 times normal. Occasionally with a faster reader I would turn that down to about 1.5 times normal. When I started speeding up playback in the Audible app, I began with a setting close to what I used with the Stream, but quickly found that I needed to turn it down to about 1.25 times normal so that the sound was acceptable. How good playback sounds when sped up depends on a number of things. For example, original recording quality, whether or not the Audible book was up-converted from a lower quality format, and how good is the code that does the speed up for playback. With the Audible app for iOS I think I can stand speeding up playback to about 1.5 for newer books, but I've just gotten accustomed to listening at 1.25 times normal and tend to just leave it there. David Justice :) > On May 5, 2015, at 11:34 AM, "Alan Lemly" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Listers, > > I'm running the latest version of the Audible app, version 2.4.2, on my > iPhone 6. My download settings are for the highest quality and for one part > per book. > > I think my Audible books sound great when listening at the 1X narration speed > but when I move it higher such as to 1.25X or 1.5X, I notice a definite > change in the audio quality. It sounds a bit as if the narrator is in a well. > The degradation is not extreme but it is noticeable and I was wondering if > others on the list have experienced this. > > If anyone has a workaround or suggestions on dealing with the issue, I'd love > to hear them. > > Thanks in advance. > > Alan Lemly > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
