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Re:Do I really need to get out the soldering-iron again? by mrob on Sunday December 09, 2018 @06:13PM (#18643927)
256kbps MP3 is transparent in most cases, but there are some sounds that MP3 is bad at encoding (notably the sound of maracas and similar rattle type sounds), and you can train yourself to get better at identifying MP3 artifacts. People have reported successful ABX of maracas sound at 256kbps, e.g.:

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/when-is-mp3-transparent-an-a...

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Re:Do I really need to get out the soldering-iron again? by sneak on Sunday December 09, 2018 @06:25PM (#18643982)
Excellent post! The author notes that 320kbps mp3 was transparent in his testing. 320kbps Vorbis (Spotify “Extreme” setting) is even better.
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