Quoting James Stone <jamesmstone@email-addr-hidden>:
> Thanks for posting this. I cannot tell the difference with ABX - even for
> the 108 version - so I guess either my ears are shot (quite likely) or my
> ears are not able to hear such subtleties (also quire likely)..
If you have some decent headphones you should try using those. And
listen to the 5-8s passage for some upper mid warble.
> To my mind, a slight loss of quality (invisible to my ears) is a small
> price to pay in exchange for the much smaller file size...
Nowadays size isn't a factor in most cases, but it is quite obvious
that most encoders and technologies are good enough that very few are
able to distinguish a 150 kbps encoded file from the original.
- Peder
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