There have been studies done, I don’t have links but I know I’ve read some over the years. My fiancee acquired a Black Eyed Peas song from somewhere and it was at 128kbps, I could 100% tell it was at a lower bitrate.
Hard to judge mp3 quality when the music is that terrible.
It’s fairly easy to hear the difference between 192K or lower and 320 CBR’s. The difference can be even bigger when you start talking about VBR stuff, at least on some types of music where the VBR is not very seamless.
320CBR MP3 is fairly good, and the files are tiny. I’d run that over V0 or any likely transcoded 128/160/192 CBR MP3 crap.
The system is more often the limitation than the human ear. You might be surprised how easy it can be to determine the difference between a quality 320CBR and 16/44.1 lossless rip.
yep, sounds like it’s gone forever
they had a good run
we tested in the studio, 320 vs wav - and all my friends could tell almost every time. i was behind the speakers so i couldnt really hear, but yeah…they nailed it 5 out of 6 times.
I dont understand how there are people who can’t tell the difference between 320 or 128, hell, even flac vs 320
The lower the bitrate, the more flangy-ness that happens. I can totally hear it.
WHAT FUCKING WEBSITE CAN I USE TO DOWNLOAD MUSIC NOW???
torrentz.eu
use VUZE as a torrent client. Tis what I do SONNNNNNNN
IF you want you can add me and browse my library. 780GB worth.
^That works, username?
iTunes
Are torrents dead?
What happened to just searching a song, clicking download and bam.
Fuck this nonsense. I downloaded Spotify.
FUCKS YES.
Spotify is awesome. I have the $10/month subscription and it has completely removed the need for any cd’s or downloaded songs. Bluetooth connect in my car just makes it that much better.
Sorry I’m ProgRocker on SoulSeek.
Torrents are dead to me. I pay $10 a month for usenet now. It uses SSL and there is no uploading which is what you get in trouble for.
Just an FYI, you may want to use an unique username on a file sharing website. Not one that can be easily traced back to your identity using simple Google searches.
I am subscribed to torrent release groups for TV shows and that is it. Netflix streaming for older episodes worked awesome IMO and has what I want. Movies its Usenet.
Why if you have usenet? www.sickbeard.com Automate that shit son.