gizmodo.com — Comparing these two compression rates was tough, even when using a pair of state-of-the-art Ultrasone headphones. In our decidedly unscientific comparison, we listened to all the tunes at both compression rates in A/B comparisons with those phones, with iPod stock earbuds, on our kick-ass car stereo, and on our reference Dolby 5.1 system.
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loki440May 31, 2007
I'm with you. I used to think she was hot, now I just want her to go away. . .
s1mph0ny_May 31, 2007
Uh, try 256kbps VBR Ogg...
s1mph0ny_Jun 1, 2007
Going to the show supports the artist more than anything else does. I'm not sure how many CD's its equivalent to, but it's a few.
kyelewisJun 1, 2007
Did you mean a "signed" musician? Because I don't think I know about the musicians license...
Closed AccountJun 1, 2007
how about your other two "facts", dude? Come on, let's hear it, "dUH moron." :p
badapplestudioJun 2, 2007
Buy used CD's off Amazon. Problem solved.
simplejoe79Jun 5, 2007
Need an audiophile to tell the difference.
daddsyJun 6, 2007
Mostly true, but when you compress audio using mp3/m4a/wma/aac codecs the sample rate never changes compared to the bit-rate...mostly they'll be at 44000 and they stay at 44000.All the bit-rate changes is how much information is removed using the psychoacoustic model.