aca Posted October 28, 2009 I demand people turn off shitty quality digital music they're playing. Now, I'm no audiofaggot who wont listen to anything lower than 320kbps Ogg Vorbis FLAC h.264 bullshit, but come on, who really can listen to anything under 128kbps and why would you want too? It completely ruins the song and just gives me a headache. This has happened to me twice driving with other people listening to their ipod. Both times I was told by multiple people in the car that there really was no difference and I'm just a snob. I beat even Helen Keller could make the difference between a 48kbps and 128kbps. What do you guys think 0 Share this post Link to post
Nomad Posted October 28, 2009 I agree that anything below 128kbps is unlistenable. If I happen to find a song or album that is encoded lower, I tend to not listen to it or get rid of it. It has that tinny, digital sound that just detracts from the overall experience. Anything above 128kb, though, I can't honestly say I can really tell the difference. Anyone who claims they can is definitely a snob. Or, I've just destroyed my ears enough by loud music and playing in bands that my hearing is impaired enough to not be able to tell the difference. 0 Share this post Link to post
Aliotroph? Posted October 28, 2009 With some kinds of music (eg. classical) I can her the difference between 320 and 128. The way most people have their stereos set I'm not surprised they're willing to settle for 48 kbps encoding. They obviously can't hear their music anyway. Whem my brother plays music in his car all you can hear is bass and screaming. bleh I think I have one or two songs encoded at 64k. Can't find anything better for those ones. :( 0 Share this post Link to post
Gez Posted October 28, 2009 Nomad said:Anything above 128kb, though, I can't honestly say I can really tell the difference. Anyone who claims they can is definitely a snob. Having good ears is being a snob? 0 Share this post Link to post
myk Posted October 28, 2009 I prefer 160 kbps or more, as 128 is tolerable but relatively crappy. 0 Share this post Link to post
Belial Posted October 28, 2009 192 CBR is fine by me, though I get 320 or some quality VBR whenever I can. I'm afraid that if you can't hear the difference between 128 and >192 then you've got hearing problems. To me it's easily noticable in rock, metal, even in techno the bass just isn't the same. That said, some internet radio streams I've listened to had surprisingly good quality at 96. 0 Share this post Link to post
Ultraboy94 Posted October 28, 2009 i dont really care. i havent come across much music below 128kbps myself, but when i do, i can live with it. anything above 180kbps sounds great, but just takes up too much storage space for me :S 0 Share this post Link to post
40oz Posted October 28, 2009 fuck that I couldn't care less about the quality. I prefer live tracks over recording studio ones. Even if they are awfully raspy and record parts of them before they are even ready to start playing and all you hear is fuzz. 0 Share this post Link to post
destx Posted October 28, 2009 40oz said:fuck that I couldn't care less about the quality. I prefer live tracks over recording studio ones. Even if they are awfully raspy and record parts of them before they are even ready to start playing and all you hear is fuzz. That's not what this thread is about. It's about the digital compression after the recording, I think live stuff tend to be affected by it the most. Personally I used to be one of the people that argued that 128kbps is enough, but I really prefer 256+ these days. Depends on the encoder as well I think. 0 Share this post Link to post
Bucket Posted October 28, 2009 No, this thread is about an asshole who doesn't want other people listening to music if the quality isn't high enough. 0 Share this post Link to post
alexz721 Posted October 28, 2009 Eh, I do 160 variable with the latest Lame, and it's virtually transparent. A lot of people just use shitty encoders. I agree that low quality music sounds bad, but 128 and above with most of the latest encoders is just fine. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sporku Posted October 28, 2009 Most people listen to shitty music, so logically it should sound like shit as well, right? Right? RIGHT?! ...Nobody loves me. :( 0 Share this post Link to post
kristus Posted October 28, 2009 Yeah I'd say 128 is the minimum low. I usually encode in 192 myself. AgentSpork said:...Nobody loves me. :( Don't you have a girlfriend that looks like candy? 0 Share this post Link to post
dew Posted October 28, 2009 aca said:I beat even Helen Keller glorious victory! ontopic: i don't hear the difference above 192, so i'm content with that. 320 is a waste of my precious rare disk space. 0 Share this post Link to post
Mr. Freeze Posted October 28, 2009 Nomad said:Anything above 128kb, though, I can't honestly say I can really tell the difference. Anyone who claims they can is definitely a snob. You are deaf. 0 Share this post Link to post
Philnemba Posted October 29, 2009 In my opinion music is music, I could really care less if digital audio quality sucks :P 0 Share this post Link to post
Zaldron Posted October 29, 2009 Philnemba said:In my opinion music is music, I could really care less if digital audio quality sucks :P GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNNGGGNNNNNHHHHHHHH 0 Share this post Link to post
Super Jamie Posted October 29, 2009 I can notice a difference if I listen to a 128k and a 320k track back to back, and I try to find higher fidelity if I can. Alot of my favorite albums I've only ever experienced in MP3 of varying bitrates between those so it's not really a deal breaker for me. I don't care for FLAC/WAV, the amount of storage space taken up by the files is not worth the gain in quality. Hearing music out of cheap tinny crap speakers, especially at a distance or imbalanced left/right gives me a splitting headache. I make people turn music off when that happens, but that's more a health and personal welfare thing than through any concerns about not being a sound "purist". I am no audiofag, but goddamn I rage when I see someone listening to an iPod with the shitty original white plastic earphones. Why the hell would you spend hundreds of dollars on an MP3 player then listen to it through a shitty set of $5 earphones? Fuckheads. 0 Share this post Link to post
Nomad Posted October 29, 2009 Except they charge like $20 a pop for those fucking headphones 0 Share this post Link to post
Mr. Freeze Posted October 29, 2009 Nomad said:Except they charge like $20 a pop for those fucking headphones My headphones cot $100. Feels good man. 0 Share this post Link to post
Super Jamie Posted October 29, 2009 Nomad said:Except they charge like $20 a pop for those fucking headphones I know, and that makes me rage even more. I use Sony EX-51 earbuds, they retail for $90 in Sony stores but you can get them on eBay for like $25 shipped. I've tried every earbud I could get my hands on (including big audio brands like Shure and Senn) and these are by far the best. 0 Share this post Link to post
exp(x) Posted October 29, 2009 Maybe you guys should stop pirating music if you can't "find" the bitrate you want. 0 Share this post Link to post
DuckReconMajor Posted October 29, 2009 Super Jamie said:Why the hell would you spend hundreds of dollars on an MP3 player then listen to it through a shitty set of $5 earphones? Fuckbread.They're comfy. 0 Share this post Link to post
Shaikoten Posted October 29, 2009 Heh, I've had headphones that have retailed for $600. 0 Share this post Link to post
Super Jamie Posted October 29, 2009 DuckReconMajor said:They're comfy. No. Wear some proper rubber earbuds for a while then try to back to the hard plastic rubbish. Ear pain ahoy. 0 Share this post Link to post
Super Jamie Posted October 29, 2009 Super Jamie said:I use Sony EX-51 earbuds, they retail for $90 in Sony stores but you can get them on eBay for like $25 shipped. 0 Share this post Link to post
DuckReconMajor Posted October 29, 2009 lol $90 f that Seriously, though, I'm not going to buy expensive headphones because I'm probably as casual as listeners go. I listen to the radio on the way to school and that's about it. I've used my iPod maybe 3 times in the last year or so. 0 Share this post Link to post