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RE: Sucky MP3s

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In Reply to: RE: My First Real System posted by Billy the Quick on April 30, 2008 at 21:47:58

I'm guessing a lot of the MP3s you're hearing that sound lousy are improperly encoded, low-bitrate, recorded into the computer with a crummy sound card, or a combination of the above.

At around 192 kbps they can sound pretty good, and a 320 kbps MP3 is basically CD-quality. All of the CDs, vinyl and tape I rip to digital is done at 320 kbps. I can't tell the digital copy from the original.

VBR (Variable bitrate) MP3s can sound nearly as good, if you keep the bitrate up, and they take up a little less real estate than the CBR (constant bitrate) versions.

Cheers,
Bobbo :-)

Follow Ups:

RE: Sucky MP3s - Brian Levy 17:08:12 05/02/08 (1)
- I dunno... - soundnut 08:50:18 05/03/08 (0)
Really? - E-Stat 08:16:59 05/01/08 (2)
- Many variables - soundnut 05:56:04 05/02/08 (1)
  - I use EAC w/LAME - E-Stat 07:05:24 05/02/08 (0)

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