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Subject: [OM] Re: Dying Film (Now OT)
From: R.Jackson <jackson.robert.r@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 11:11:09 -0700
Yeah, I use 192 Kb/s encoding with iTunes and it's not bad for the 
kinds of listening I do with mp3 files. I've found 128 Kb/s encoding to 
be acceptable with Apple's AAC encoder, too. Nice space savings and I 
honestly can't hear a difference between a 192 mp3 and a 128 AAC.

On Jul 24, 2004, at 9:09 AM, Michael Darling wrote:

> Encode a track with lots of crowd noise at less than 128kb/s and 
> listen to
> the distortion in the high end. It helps to have a decent pair of 
> headphones
> - actually that can make it sort of painful, for me at least. Once you 
> hear
> it you can recognize it pretty easily. Cymbals and other stuff at the 
> top of
> the spectrum are equally affected. I tend to encode at 192kb/s or 
> higher and
> don’t hear much, but then I only listen to mp3's when I jog or when 
> I'm on
> the train.
>
> -mike

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