Posted by CPA on 11/23/05 00:07

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 07:47:14 -0800, <normanstrong@comcast.net> wrote:

> > what do you think is ACCEPTABLE mp3 quality?
> >
[...]
> Most people find 128kb/s to be acceptable. Because I'm old, and my hearing
> isn't the best, I find 64kb/s to be more than adequate. Indeed, with piano
> music, I can get by with a 50:1 compression ratio using variable bit rate.
> I tested it on several people, by recording a short piano piece using a
> variety of coding schemes and burning them all to a CDR. Nobody could hear
> any difference--even people with good hearing.

Am 'old' myself and 64kbps is OK with me but I'm guessing younger
people would prefer 128kbps.


Charles.Angelich

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