Am I the only one, or does anyone else absolutely hate VBR MP3s?
I usually like to have everything 320kbps CBR, but sometimes VBR tracks slip through, and they ALWAYS sound shite in comparison
Am I the only one, or does anyone else absolutely hate VBR MP3s?
I usually like to have everything 320kbps CBR, but sometimes VBR tracks slip through, and they ALWAYS sound shite in comparison
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Then your source is shitty. Most audiophiles can't hear the difference between a FLAC and a v0.
On a decent PA you just might hear a slight difference, but when the room is packed with people, nobody will hear it.
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Have you done a double blind comparison? I only hear vbr as sounding worse if i can see that its vbr our ears can play funny tricks on us sometimes.
i actually found vbr to be a bit more acceptable than some 192kbps mp3's
i used to buy LEGIT mp3's off dance-tunes.com (owned by id&t records i think) back then and all of the mp3's were 192 kbps, that was like 5 years ago, looking back now and seeing i paid a lot of money for those 192 kbps mp3s just breaks my heart
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Never use less then 320kbs when playing out imo. GIGO. In a club your audio is going through multiple mixers, compressors, crossovers, amplifiers, wires and then speakers. Each chain imparts it's own sounds/problems that affect SQ. The better the sound quality out of your rig, the better it sounds to your crowd.
A well encoded VBR file will be indistinguishable from the source material. Are you reencoding Youtube rips to 128k VBR or something?
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