Posted by SlobbyDon on 01/21/07 07:14

SlobbyDon wrote:
> NRen2k5 wrote:
>> SlobbyDon wrote:
>>> I routinely convert 320's to 192 VBR. I can't hear the difference.
>>> Are there some out there who can actually perceive the degradation?
>>
>> Definitely. But as long as you aren't going to share these secondhand
>> MP3s, it doesn't really matter. Use whatever sounds fine to you.
>
> I have downloaded shared 320 mp3's that I have suspected were
> originally ripped at a lower rate and bumped up, especially when
> knocking them down to 192 VBR produces a low overall bitrate.

I got a perfect example today of one of those sows ears wrapped in silk purse. It seems obvious than some idiot created the source 320kbps mp3 from a 128!


Encoding as 44.1 kHz VBR(q=2) j-stereo MPEG-1 Layer III (ca. 7.3x) qval=2

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