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if I am not an audiophile, will I ever
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notice the difference between a 128bit AAC and a 192 MP3? I am trying to decide if I should rerip 6.8 gigs of AACs all copied from CDs?
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I can't tell the difference. Maybe if I had million dollar setup I would. Just to be safe, I encode above 128. 160 and above is good for me.
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Short answer: no.
Longer answer: in a few select, complex songs, on a relatively nice set up you might hear slightly more bass in the mp3. Honestly, 128kbps AAC is great for most purposes. It'll even sound fine on a $10,000 stereo...however, uncompressed music would sound, of course, a little better in this case.
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Short answer:
Try it out.
Long answer:
What the **** is an "audiophile", anyway? Who the hell defines the term? If you care or notice, you care or notice. If you don't, you don't.
-s*
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Wait for AAC VBR in QuickTime 7
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I thought AAC was VBR by default.
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Originally posted by wataru:
I thought AAC was VBR by default.
It is... kind of. I believe AAC is ABR (Average Bit Rate), which is a variant of VBR.
-Matt
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Originally posted by wataru:
I thought AAC was VBR by default.
IIRC It uses a technique called bit reservoir, which means the bit-rate flexes all the way from 4 - 500kbps during a song. It isn't as flexible as true VBR, since the target bit-rate always has to be met.
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