perragnar
Hi, most of my music collection has a bitrate of 320, however, some songs are down to 128. What would you recommend as the lowest bitrate in order to still have an ok sound quality? p
Inviato Tue 12 May 09 @ 2:47 pm
DJmga
Fyi, this has been discussed previously in other threads!! Do a search...
I personally try not to use anything lower than 320. (Might even move to flac soon - better sound quality, but larger files!).
The quality of a 128 .vs. 320 mp3 depends on a few things, like: how well the originial cd was mastered, how it was ripped and encoded. I've heard a few 128's that sounded pretty ok for 128's. Likewise, I've heard 320's that sounded terrible and I personally wouldn't play them!
Generally though, the higher the bitrate, the better. I wouldn't advocate trading sound quality for disk space, ever.
I personally try not to use anything lower than 320. (Might even move to flac soon - better sound quality, but larger files!).
The quality of a 128 .vs. 320 mp3 depends on a few things, like: how well the originial cd was mastered, how it was ripped and encoded. I've heard a few 128's that sounded pretty ok for 128's. Likewise, I've heard 320's that sounded terrible and I personally wouldn't play them!
Generally though, the higher the bitrate, the better. I wouldn't advocate trading sound quality for disk space, ever.
Inviato Tue 12 May 09 @ 3:14 pm
perragnar
Thank you!
Inviato Wed 13 May 09 @ 1:21 pm