Re: Seeking a Rough Quality Comparison
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Smiling?
Saying that 44.1KHz at 128kbps is CD quality is extensively inaccurate, but
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I too hear this from many who think it actually has validity. 44.1KHz at 128kbps is just the default settings to a lot of rippers, nothing more and nothing less. What .CDA quality actually is is very similar to 100% uncompressed wave files which are created at 16bit 44.1KHz. what you the user selectively chooses to rip these tracks at is the actual question. What truly seemed to be being asked in that question (at least with my limited perspective anyway), is how certain bitrates of .M4A files how they'd compare to .MP3 files and which bitrate would be recommended which again, is always a matter of perspective. Which is why I explained it the way that I did, because always, it's a matter of perspective as is everything and best for the individual with the actual ears to hear to determine.
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From: all-audio@groups.io [mailto:all-audio@groups.io] On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2020 7:14 AM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Seeking a Rough Quality Comparison While what you say makes sense, I'm not sure that is really what is being asked but I could be wrong. We know that a 128KBPS MP3 is said to be approximately CD quality, so 160KBPS would presumably be a little better. We might disagree whether that is truly better than a CD, but I think we would all agree that 160KBPS is better sounding that 32 or 64KBPS stereo. So where does 160KBPS MP3 settings fit into M4A settings to get approximately the same quality? There may not be an answer we could absolutely agree on, but one would think there would be some approximate corresponding setting. Best regards, Steve -----Original Message----- From: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> On Behalf Of Smiling? Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2020 8:27 AM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Seeking a Rough Quality Comparison This question is very subjective. This particular question is actually entirely dependent upon you, the one who is actually going to be the one doing the listening because as you already know, how it sounds to one is not going to necessarily sound the same to the next. Sound, taste, feel, smell, etc etc etc. We all have separate senses which I know you are well aware of. What can be a perfect amount to one, may be a little too much for the next or maybe a little too little so on and so forth. So it's up to you the actual listener to determine these specifics because you are never going to hear anything in this world through anybody else's ears. No different than you are not ever going to eat anything with anybody else's mouth and as you know, we can go on and on and on with the various examples, but it is literally up to each of us to determine this, that, and the other for our various likes and dislikes. -----Original Message----- From: all-audio@groups.io [mailto:all-audio@groups.io] On Behalf Of Darran Ross via Groups.Io Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2020 9:44 AM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: [all-audio] Seeking a Rough Quality Comparison Hi List. Can anyone in the know provide me with a rough idea of what the equivalent kbs would be for a m4a file when compared to a 160 mp3 version? I probably haven't explained that very well. If I have a file saved at 96kbs m4a, what would a rough approximation to this be for an mp3 file? Would it be 128kbs or 160 kbs for example? I've tried finding some kind of guide on the web, but haven't been able to turn up anything that I can readily see as a comparison. Thanks to anyone with any knowledge who can help me out with this one! Darran
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