# Love how the majority of people cant notice the difference in audio quality :) **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** mp3, audio, quality, bitrate, wave\ **Created:** [June 1, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/love-how-the-majority-of-people-cant-notice-the-difference-in-audio-quality/25047 "2011-06-01T17:35:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dj\_stifffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d78d45/32.png) [@dj\_stifffy](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/dj_stifffy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/love-how-the-majority-of-people-cant-notice-the-difference-in-audio-quality/25047/1 "2011-06-01T17:35:11Z")
**Love how the majority of people cant notice the difference in audio quality šŸ™‚** [Do 320kbps mp3 files really sound better? Take the test! - Audio and Sound](http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2009/03/mp3-sound-quality-test-128-320/) ā€¦ was fairly simple to me but most people got it wrong šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![MrPopinjay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/mrpopinjay/32/14471_2.png) [@MrPopinjay](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/MrPopinjay)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/love-how-the-majority-of-people-cant-notice-the-difference-in-audio-quality/25047/2 "2011-06-01T17:43:23Z")
I couldnā€™t tell the difference with those clips to be honest. ---
**Author:** ![DennisHuiberts](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/dennishuiberts/32/14614_2.png) [@DennisHuiberts](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/DennisHuiberts)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/love-how-the-majority-of-people-cant-notice-the-difference-in-audio-quality/25047/3 "2011-06-01T17:44:49Z")
Me neitherā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![padi\_04](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/padi_04/32/56291_2.png) [@padi\_04](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/padi_04)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/love-how-the-majority-of-people-cant-notice-the-difference-in-audio-quality/25047/4 "2011-06-01T17:46:06Z")
Iā€™d rather have people noticing the difference and keeping audio standards high. Most people canā€™t hear the difference because they donā€™t know what to look for. ---
**Author:** ![StephanV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@StephanV](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/StephanV)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/love-how-the-majority-of-people-cant-notice-the-difference-in-audio-quality/25047/5 "2011-06-01T17:46:46Z")
0/3. Selling my DJ gear as of now šŸ˜ž ---
**Author:** ![MrPopinjay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/mrpopinjay/32/14471_2.png) [@MrPopinjay](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/MrPopinjay)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/love-how-the-majority-of-people-cant-notice-the-difference-in-audio-quality/25047/6 "2011-06-01T17:47:48Z")
Ok, few questions about this test. - What format are those clips? Have they been recompressed several times? - How are these being streamed? Does that have any effect on the audio quality? I canā€™t see any way to download it. It doesnā€™t seem like a great test. ---
**Author:** ![dj\_stifffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d78d45/32.png) [@dj\_stifffy](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/dj_stifffy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/love-how-the-majority-of-people-cant-notice-the-difference-in-audio-quality/25047/7 "2011-06-01T17:52:12Z")
dont have a clue as I just stubbled across itā€¦ clicked the correct answer then seen many people got it wrongā€¦ theres a wav and mp3 test which most failed too but I found it fairly simple as i clicked to open in new links and came up .wav and .mp3 in the window šŸ˜ž ---
**Author:** ![BradCee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/bradcee/32/14017_2.png) [@BradCee](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/BradCee)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/love-how-the-majority-of-people-cant-notice-the-difference-in-audio-quality/25047/8 "2011-06-01T18:08:16Z")
i got the mp3 one wrong, i swear the bass sounded bassier on the one i choseā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![soundinmotiondj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@soundinmotiondj](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/soundinmotiondj)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/love-how-the-majority-of-people-cant-notice-the-difference-in-audio-quality/25047/9 "2011-06-01T18:10:50Z")
I did some blind listening tests years ago. The audience were mostly competitive dancers (people who listen to a LOT of music), the venue & system had been in place for years (familiar to everyone involved), and the music were ā€œfamiliar favoritesā€ of the audience (songs they had heard before, and probably owned). I used several formats: 1. Original CD 2. mp3 @ 320 3. mp3 @ 128 The mp3ā€™s had been burned onto an audio CD. All the songs were played on the same equipment, etc, ad nasium. The challenge was to correctly identify the source of 5 songs. The answers were WORSE than straight guessing should have produced! After a couple times, I added a ā€œI canā€™t tellā€ option and told them to only answer one of the other options if there were CERTAIN they could tell a difference. Removing the ā€œcantā€™ tellā€ responses, the answers were almost exactly what would have been produced by guessing! ---
**Author:** ![voetsch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/voetsch/32/13784_2.png) [@voetsch](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/voetsch)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/love-how-the-majority-of-people-cant-notice-the-difference-in-audio-quality/25047/10 "2011-06-01T18:12:15Z")
Meh, some already not really awesome quality 70s tune is not really useful for that test. I mean I have lots of my old 60s rock songs encoded in 196kBit/s, cause you wonā€™t even hear a difference due to the record being ā€œcrapā€-quality already when it came out. My EDM collection is proper 320 tho, as you clearly hear the difference there.. ---
**Author:** ![dj\_stifffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d78d45/32.png) [@dj\_stifffy](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/dj_stifffy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/love-how-the-majority-of-people-cant-notice-the-difference-in-audio-quality/25047/11 "2011-06-01T18:13:19Z")
yeah theres a lot of times you could get a good quality 128 and a shit quality 320 so its hard to tell most of the timeā€¦ with all these bedroom producers these daysā€¦ mastering stages mean that quality doesnt sound too amazing at times.. ---
**Author:** ![MrPopinjay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/mrpopinjay/32/14471_2.png) [@MrPopinjay](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/MrPopinjay)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/love-how-the-majority-of-people-cant-notice-the-difference-in-audio-quality/25047/12 "2011-06-01T18:17:03Z")
Such a shitty test. Iā€™d like to see this redone with some really nicely recorded classical music/chamber music with a large dynamic range. ---
**Author:** ![bmo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/bmo/32/15076_2.png) [@bmo](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/bmo)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/love-how-the-majority-of-people-cant-notice-the-difference-in-audio-quality/25047/13 "2011-06-01T18:43:57Z")
I couldnā€™t tell the difference until I really focused on the vocals, and the second clip sounds a bit choppy witht eh vocals. But I found the clip to not be the best clip for comparing. Something with heavier bass might have been better IMO ---
**Author:** ![BradCee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/bradcee/32/14017_2.png) [@BradCee](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/BradCee)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/love-how-the-majority-of-people-cant-notice-the-difference-in-audio-quality/25047/14 "2011-06-01T18:58:17Z")
tbh i think this test validates my cheapskate decision to buy 192ā€™s šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![MrPopinjay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/mrpopinjay/32/14471_2.png) [@MrPopinjay](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/MrPopinjay)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/love-how-the-majority-of-people-cant-notice-the-difference-in-audio-quality/25047/15 "2011-06-01T19:00:15Z")
Why the hell does a 320 cost more than a 192. It makes absolutely no sense. ---
**Author:** ![bmo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/bmo/32/15076_2.png) [@bmo](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/bmo)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/love-how-the-majority-of-people-cant-notice-the-difference-in-audio-quality/25047/16 "2011-06-01T19:00:59Z")
> [@MrPopinjay](#): > > Why the hell does a 320 cost more than a 192. It makes absolutely no sense. not only this, but who sells 192ā€™s anymore? All Iā€™ve seen is either 320 mp3, WAV, or 256 AAC. ---
**Author:** ![MrPopinjay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/mrpopinjay/32/14471_2.png) [@MrPopinjay](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/MrPopinjay)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/love-how-the-majority-of-people-cant-notice-the-difference-in-audio-quality/25047/17 "2011-06-01T19:09:12Z")
OTish Just wondering, where do you guys like to buy your music? ---
**Author:** ![BradCee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/bradcee/32/14017_2.png) [@BradCee](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/BradCee)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/love-how-the-majority-of-people-cant-notice-the-difference-in-audio-quality/25047/18 "2011-06-01T19:11:38Z")
> [@bmo](#): > > not only this, but who sells 192ā€™s anymore? All Iā€™ve seen is either 320 mp3, WAV, or 256 AAC. juno still do, i think chemical do toā€¦? and doesnā€™t beatport? anywho, generally costs more cos of server space - bullshit reason, but there you go. juno appeared to not like that i once set both mp3 formats and wav at 99p, as they changed them to more ā€˜standardā€™ prices.. ---
**Author:** ![BradCee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/bradcee/32/14017_2.png) [@BradCee](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/BradCee)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/love-how-the-majority-of-people-cant-notice-the-difference-in-audio-quality/25047/19 "2011-06-01T19:13:38Z")
> [@MrPopinjay](#): > > OTish Just wondering, where do you guys like to buy your music? use search dude, plenty of threads on that already, letā€™s not derail this topic with an exister. pictures of tits? yes mindless chatter? yes emulator? you will die existing topic in multiple threads? hell no ---
**Author:** ![MrPopinjay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/mrpopinjay/32/14471_2.png) [@MrPopinjay](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/MrPopinjay)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/love-how-the-majority-of-people-cant-notice-the-difference-in-audio-quality/25047/20 "2011-06-01T19:19:37Z")
Oh fuck off, youā€™ve used more text with your little complaint than you would have adding side note to your previous post and it wasnā€™t going to ā€œderailā€ the thread. Either way I see no fucking problem with that. Thereā€™s nothing inherently wrong with slight deviations, it is how conversation and discussion tends to work. This thread is not going to be archived and referred to for some useful information so we donā€™t have to worry about polluting it. Itā€™s a bunch of blokes having a chat about a crap 2 year old blog post purely for the sake of entertainment. [Next page](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/love-how-the-majority-of-people-cant-notice-the-difference-in-audio-quality/25047.md?page=2)