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Re:Effects of MP3 Compression on Perceived Emotional Charact... by 8bitsrule on Monday January 21, 2019 @01:01AM (#18958004)
Opus can be amazing at lower bit rates. e.g. try encoding some music you know well at 64bps and compare to a 128k mp3.

The higher bitrates (above 128) aren't so advantageous.

https://wiki.xiph.org/Opus_Recommended_Settings (Dec. 2018)

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Re:Effects of MP3 Compression on Perceived Emotional Charact... by chrismorgan on Monday January 21, 2019 @01:33AM (#18958152)
> The higher bitrates (above 128) aren't so advantageous.

That’s just because by about 128Kbps Opus is already effectively perfect, where it takes closer to 200Kbps for MP3 to achieve that.

Opus is just all-round better than MP3.

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