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MP3 vs. FLAC
APK:
Or ... if your house burns down (probably more likely), you still have the world's computers. ;)
APK:
Actually, anything superwaveish that would fry computers has probably already fried everything else anyway !
jdh:
I think the type of software used for compression is very important.I am not an engineer so I do not understand the algorithms but listening to tracks at 256 from iTunes,Emusic and Beatport for instance,Beatport to me is the clear winner. Same goes for Flac.In theory,it should sound the same as a CD or Wav file but depending on the software used,by Pure Music or Amarra or flac to....file conversation systems,they do sound different.You will hear it only on a high end system but it is there.As an example,I bought 2 Robert Rich Archive titles,one from iTunes at 256 and one from Musiczeit in Flac,Flac sounded way better and looking at how long it took to download each,the Flac being three times longer,you know there is information being cut out.Of course,I did not have the original file.
ffcal:
--- Quote from: APK on January 23, 2012, 11:49:49 AM ---I wonder if that increase you perceive, Forrest, is caused by people using the fastest possible speed to compress. So it may be 192kbs, but it is not as good quality as a 192kbs compression created slowly.
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Hi Anthony,
Well, that's a whole other issue, but I'm referring to hearing the same compressed files several years later. I think I'm detecting more problematic frequencies in those files than I did before. Now I wish I had encoded them at 256 kbps or higher instead of 192. I do quite a bit of headphones listening the old school way (through a nice hi-fi system) and still record and mix largely through headphones, so maybe that somehow pays off in the end. Robert Rich has great ears, of course, so I think I've probably picked up some things up from him, too.
Forrest
btocher:
I'm very late to the party here, as I've only just joined the forums. But the Hydrogen Audio forums have many discussions on this subject: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/
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