Posted by Jack on 11/28/07 03:47

"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xp7rt.net> wrote in
news:13ko9ftavd94fbe@corp.supernews.com:

> "Jack" wrote ...
>> I was stunned to hear how bad WMA 128 kbps sounds on
>> Neil Young's "Down By The River."
>
> 128 kbps is rather pushing the bottom, isn't it?
> Isn't 320 kbps considered to be "near-CD" (at least
> in MP3 land). I think I would rather be surprised at
> how good WMA sounds at 128.

It actually sounds quite good for most tracks, relatively I suppose. I'm
using that bitrate to conserve future space on a large flash drive, which
will of course be obsolete by the time it's filled! I was truly surprised
by these artifacts because I hadn't noticed such obvious shortcomings
before. EAC + LAME VBR is looking better now.

Jack

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