How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?

http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/06/02/411473508/how-well-can-you-hear-audio-quality

by marcinw • 11 years ago

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Nadya• 11 years ago

Not once did I pick the 128kbps compression. I don't claim to be able to hear the difference between an uncompressed file or 300/320kbps mp3, but I picked the uncompressed version 5 of 6 times. More likely through luck than hearing ability.

I tend to get my music v0 or v2 compressed. For archival purposes (and to re-encode for mobile devices where space is a larger issue than quality of sound) I might get it in flac quality.

For most music genres 196kbps will suffice. I'm not a snob over quality until it gets to 128kbps (or heaven forbid, more compressed).

ColinWright• 11 years ago

Huge discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9654758

Other submissions without comments:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9664995

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9651122

How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?

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