Re:What Data Compression Does to Music (2012)
by ken on Saturday January 05, 2019 @03:29AM
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These aren't songs I normally listen to, but I did this quiz just now and even with laptop speakers I picked 3x uncompressed, 2x 320kbps MP3, and 1x 128kbps MP3.
128 is usually pretty easy to pick out, once you know what to listen for. There's no soundstage. They just sound flat.
The tricky part is distinguishing between 320 and uncompressed. 320 is pretty darn good. Even when I can hear the difference, if it's not a song I'm familiar with, I can't tell which one is better. It's just different.
128 is usually pretty easy to pick out, once you know what to listen for. There's no soundstage. They just sound flat.
The tricky part is distinguishing between 320 and uncompressed. 320 is pretty darn good. Even when I can hear the difference, if it's not a song I'm familiar with, I can't tell which one is better. It's just different.