VBR Hatred

[Xonetacular]

A well encoded VBR file will be indistinguishable from the source material. Are you reencoding Youtube rips to 128k VBR or something?

This. Lame V0 is identical quality to 320 CBR. Same way FLAC is identical quality to .wav at smaller file size.

[Jester]

buy your tunes then this won't be an issue.

[makar1]

Different online music stores use different encoding methods, and if you buy CDs you have to choose yourself.

[xs2man]

buy your tunes then this won't be an issue.

Now that there is a ridiculous thing to say. I would much rather buy a CD and rip it myself. I have still bought the tune.

[shr3dder]

Now that there is a ridiculous thing to say. I would much rather buy a CD and rip it myself. I have still bought the tune.

Well if that's the case then you would just never rip your tunes in VBR? It's actually a quite valid thing to say imo... 99% of DJs that I hear playing low-average quality tunes rip their shit off youtubem, it's depressingly common.

[mdcdesign]

Well if that's the case then you would just never rip your tunes in VBR? It's actually a quite valid thing to say imo... 99% of DJs that I hear playing low-average quality tunes rip their shit off youtubem, it's depressingly common.

This is true; a lot of people don't realise that the 240p and 360p options in YouTube videos affect the audio bitrate as well as the video. makar1 has a point though, different music stores == different encoding methods, not to mention people who've uploaded their mashups and remixes to SoundCloud as VBR, in which case you've often got no option but to play them as there's no alternative source.

[djproben]

This. Lame V0 is identical quality to 320 CBR. Same way FLAC is identical quality to .wav at smaller file size.

This. If you're hearing lower quality in VBRs try doing a null test; if there is a result, there's something wrong with your VBR encoder or the source you encoded it from.

[Audeo]

LOL we all fell for it. Troll thread confirmed.

[mdcdesign]

Definitely not a troll thread lol, just can't stand VBR :P

[M.Beijer]

Yeah im so mad at this VBR mp3s, sometimes the files just disort and noises got put on in the middle of the song, sometimes it's not even the same song as the title, damn this VBR format!