1 Oct
2014
1 Oct
'14
4:18 p.m.
On 1. Oktober 2014 15:14:22 MESZ, Paul Davis <paul(a)linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 7:27 AM, Gene Heskett
<gheskett(a)wdtv.com> wrote:
Exactly.
Also, mp3 did change in quality over the years, but if you have old low Bitrate mp3,
well... thats your fault. Same goes for using old/crappy implemented encoders/decoders.
-- Markus
Your ears are probably the best tool. Some hear well, and some do
not.
I am amazed at the number of people who cannot
tell if mp3 has ever
been
in the mix. To me its obvious, when your ears get
tired of it, and
want to
"change the station" in just a minute
or so, its been an mp3 at some
point.
For crying out loud, stop this nonsense!
It is established without any shadow of a doubt that the overwhelming
majority of the population CANNOT tell the difference between a
reasonable
bit-rate encoding in mp3 format and the original PCM data. This isn't
up
for debate.
Reasonable bit-rate means 256kbps; by the time you reach 320kbps even
expert listeners have a very very hard time differentiating the mp3
from
the PCM in an ABX test.
By all means talk about low bit rate encodings and how they are no
good,
but please folks - double blind testing doesn't lie, and the double
blind
tests are close to unambiguous at this point.
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