Fluffy_Little_Fox t1_j20cfdu wrote on December 28, 2022 at 7:08 PM

Reply to comment by Opus-the-Penguin in Wiil CD's make a comeback like Vinyl? by trukises

The first MP3s were usually all 128 KBPS (at least, that was commonly what Napster and other P2P clients had).... Which is honestly not great. Then as the format grew it got better over time. Also the individual person's hearing plays a lot into it. And then there's the Device playing the files, what kind of Headphones or Speakers etc.

Just out of curiosity, I ripped a CD to FLAC & 320kbps MP3, and even though it goes against what most of the internet believes --- I can't even perceive a difference or benefit.

What I ~CAN~ do is run quieter mixed albums like say: Pretty Hate Machine or License to Ill through RC20 to help bring them up a little and add more "richness" (better Midrange Presence).

That is something I ~CAN~ perceive. I can A-B it (turn the effect On & Off). I can't really do that with a format or Bit-Rate. I don't have a magic green button in Adobe Audition that will let me flip between FLAC & MP3, all I got for that is good ole Winamp.... (it really whips the Lamma's ass!) And even with playing two copies of the same song -- one in FLAC & one in MP3 320kbps, ~I~ personally can't perceive a difference.

Opus-the-Penguin t1_j20r0mb wrote on December 28, 2022 at 8:44 PM

Sounds right to me. I've always read that 320kpbs was plenty good enough for most systems and most ears. Maybe on a state of the art sound system in perfect conditions you'd hear the difference. But not on a home theater and definitely not on a pair of earbuds.