Posted by Eeyore on 11/27/07 09:19

Jack wrote:

> I have been happy with WMA sound quality at 128 kbps (44 kHz CBR),
> believing it to be generally cleaner than its MP3 equivalent. WMA built a
> reputation as excelling at lower bitrates (i.e. 64 kbps) and was also said
> to surpass MP3 at 128 kbps. To my ears, it did/does have a more crystalline
> quality on a lot of music. Subjective? Maybe. I hadn't noticed any real
> distortion on my good quality car stereo (main usage for WMA) until the
> other day.

And in a few years it will all be history anyway as improved data storage etc
renders compression unnecessary.

Graham

[Back to original message]