Stereo Systems: What do you have ?

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

Skybird had mentioned recording CD's and no loss of quality.

Recording tapes I meant, cassettes.


However, I burnt a couple of MP3 on audio disc as well. And I said that most people will not recognise the difference between a CD and a MP3 file at high kbit/s setting. If the MP3 had a low rate set at creation, then it might be something different. Below 100, you can hear it, even easier so when knwing what to pay attention for. From 196 on I fail to realise the differences reliably. 256 and higher is fail safe, imo. 300 and more is overkill. I did my MP3 library at 196 and 256, therefore, even if 368 was available. Costs only space.

So I challenge everybody to reliably discriminate between a CD and a 300+ kbit/s MP3. The overhwelming majority of people will fail, promised. Amongst them many insiders, sound accoustic professionals, musicians.


What I always found hard to tolerate is a scratchy record, and the typical "by-noise" you got from record players (as long as they did not cost deeply in the 4 digit range...) when listening via headphones. Alsol overdonbe Dolby on tapes. Dolby B was good, Dolby-C to me always was more distortion then quality improvement via noise reduction.