fawwaz Posted March 5, 2001 Share Posted March 5, 2001 Well most people consider MP3's with bitrates of 128 to be CD quality , yet many songs are still (some at Napster) are at higher bitrates. Some might say there is a difference and most argue that your ear wont distinguish a difference for bitrates higher than 128. What do YOU ThinkTextc>Textc> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gxcad Posted March 5, 2001 Share Posted March 5, 2001 I just get the highest bitrate I can find on napster. I go for 320 but if there are none I will settle for anything greater or equal to 128 (higher first)-Gxcadc> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friend Posted March 5, 2001 Share Posted March 5, 2001 it does sound a little bit better but it's kinda hard to notice!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k27-R Posted March 5, 2001 Share Posted March 5, 2001 anything 128 sounds like crap on the promedias (well to me at least). when i d/l music, i search for at least 192. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janko10 Posted March 5, 2001 Share Posted March 5, 2001 i second that k27. anything on my sennheiser headphones below 256 sounds like **** . J ------------------ ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US, MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!! PIII @ 1.08GHZ SuperMicro PIIISCD I820 Mobo 192MB Crucial PC100 Maxtor 40GB 7200rpm ata66 Maxtor 40GB 7200rpm ata100 Generic DVD 4X Creative 8x4x32x Burner GeForce256 32mb DDR (orig) 3Com 905B-TX Lan Netgear RT314 Gateway/Router Philips Acoustic Edge 425w Power Supply Triple Boot Me/2K/Whistler Build 2416 Soon to be Klipsch Pro-Media 4.1's umm... a floppy. thats it, for now MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windstorm Posted March 6, 2001 Share Posted March 6, 2001 I never noticed a difference until I got the pros... Now I have napster filter anything below 192, and I rip CD's at 256. 128 bit is NOT cd quality - you always lose quality when compressing, even at 320. Its a question of when the loss is no longer noticable. ------------------ Caring is the first step toward disappointment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIV Posted March 6, 2001 Share Posted March 6, 2001 256 mp3's are cd quality. 128's were generally used because they provided sufficient quality for lesser computer speakers, and they were easier to download 320 mp3's are kind of an enigma for me. Some people I know have somehow turned 256 mp3's into 320 by using sound editing software, and cleaning up any distortions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rol1 Posted March 6, 2001 Share Posted March 6, 2001 If you're going to archive your own cds', why waste space on anything less than Monkey's Audio's lossless??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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