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can anyone actually tell the difference between 320 kbs and 192 or even 160. I HIGHLY doubt it. theres been many experiments where people thought they could tell then pointed out the 160 and even 128's as the 320's.

tell me the difference because I just think its a waste of space. as soon as you put it on a cd it wont make a difference

I can...

128 - 320 there's a massive difference
192 - 320 more shine and clarity.
256 - 320 can't tell.

If you put it on a CD it will make a difference, you can't upgrade audio quality!

yea there def is a difference between 128 and 320 i know that, 128 is below transparent audio.

but 160 has no artifacts whatsoever

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/do_hig ... es_pay_off

i dont know about telling the difference at home on normal speakers
but at a club on a very loud good soundsystem its possible to tell the difference
i imagine

its the same mentality as people who buy this shit

http://www.ilikejam.org/blog/audio/audiophile.html

I can tell a 128...


Apparently they tested it on some sound engineers one day, nobody could distinguish the 256 and 320 from CD quality, and most of them couldn't even tell it at a 192!

320 is basically all you need, anybody who tells you differently is bluffing...

i was readin summat on a message board t'other week that 'the kids' are lovin the sound of 128 more than other mp3 bitrates

i dunno if or how much the audio differs by bitrate but i buy my downloads at 320 just to be on the safe side

tunes i make involve heavy use of bitcrushers so they probably sound ok at any mp3 bitrate

Sifres wrote:I can tell a 128...


Apparently they tested it on some sound engineers one day, nobody could distinguish the 256 and 320 from CD quality, and most of them couldn't even tell it at a 192!

320 is basically all you need, anybody who tells you differently is bluffing...

I highly doubt that. I took the test they apparently took on the internet, and I could clearly hear a difference on my small monitor speakers. Having said that, I have no extraordinary sense of hearing. As long as you play your music on a decent system, and have a normal sense of hearing, you will definitely hear the difference between say a 192 and a 320.

Here's the test by the way, check for yourself;
http://mp3ornot.com/

you only hear a difference because you got your hopes up, if you didnt know it was a higher rate you wouldnt be able to tell. placeboooo

I cant tell tbh. Probably not a good thing

wow I thought I'd be able to tell, I have been blasting my ears all day sigh

depends what you're listening on. On a big system you can definitely tell the dif. On head phones or a small (or even average) sized home system you may not tell.

But, like I said, on a big system it makes a huuuge difference. So please, for the sake of us all, make them 320 if you plan on playing them live.

Why not test it yourself?

Bounce some audio at different bit rates and play it to your family or mates. See what they think

Couldnt really tell a huge difference but i got it right. The hat and the part at the end sounded a little brighter on the 320 than the 128 but other than that i was stumped. Think ill stop wasting that extra 30p or so on buying WAVs 320s will do fine.

If your planning on playiong out, I'd definately buy wavs.

The bigger the system, the more apparent the lower bitrates become.

On my monitors I can easily tell the difference between 192 and 320.

It's in the high end, not very noticable but if you know what your listening for its definately there. This is especially apparant on my own tunes, becuase I know exactly what the high end is supposed to sound like so when it sounds ever so slightly less clean than it should, I pick up on it.

I'd never play anything less than a 320 out on a big system.

Basically. 320's will do the job on most systems but not on the bigger ones.

Wav is 1411 kbps...it makes a serious difference

Lojik wrote: if you know what your listening for its definately there.

I think this is the key point here.

Also, not many people here have said what they are listening with. It's not *just* about big systems... good quality systems (good dac, great monitors/cans) show it up very well. If you can't tell when it is coming out of your laptop speakers, then I wouldn't go cutting your ears off.

Other thing is that it is very very highly material dependent. Ride cymbals, shakers, that sort of thing are a dead give-away. A warbly deep synth... mmm, depends on the encoding rate.

A 128 throws away something like 91% of the information in a 16-bit/44.1 wave If you can't hear a 128 on full range material - even on laptop speakers - then maybe you should cut your ears off