Thread: Mp3s
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Old 23-12-2005, 07:07   #7
entwisi
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Re: Mp3s

Variable Bitrate MP3 is quite good as it adjusts teh sampling rate depending on the music. Ogg Vorbis is my personal favourite. I don't use wma probably because as most people know I don't use Windows as my Operating System. I can play it back via Mplayer and Xine which are clever enough to pick up the windows codec if you have dual boot or there is a package of codecs that you can install which covers pretty much anything you could ever throw at it.

A lot of 'best quality' is subjective. You may listen to one and 'prefer' the sound over another. I will hear it differently and prefer the other way round. Thats HiFi for you. We all hear differently and have preferences to what it should sound like. I sold top end HiFi for nearly three years and people always asked which is the best system/speaker etc. I used to tell them that you need to make up your own mind. Shut your eyes and listen hard. Then go with what your ears tell you. I don't ever recall having a dissatisfied customer.
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