Can I get better than 320kbps sound quality? - Page 3

Sounds like a bunch of stuff I rather not worry myself over.  In the end it ultimately comes down to perceived differences through the ears on blind testing.  For those who can make out small differences, it might be worth it.  For those who can't tell much a difference, it's probably not worth it.  Gaining further pre-concieved knowledge before you listen for differences leads to more possibility for placebo to come into play, sorry to say.

OP I honestly cant tell the difference between 320kbps tracks, 1411kbps tracks and some 5000kbps tracks I have from HDtracks and some people can. Different equipment, different ears, different brains. I think you have to decide for yourself.

Well thank God for that.


EDIT: @HesterDW Ooops. Sorry dude. Fixed now.
Edited by theeyealtering - 6/20/11 at 7:14pm

I never said that nor do I agree with that statement. 

No - it was this one (previous page)

 

Guess that means I'm either deaf, or not a serious audiophile.  That's Ok - I'm totally fine with that.  But I have ABX'd, and I don't notice a difference, and I'm happy in my ignorance

If being a serious audiophile means sitting alone in a smelly basement A/Bing different compression rates and trying as hard as you can to hear a difference as if your life depended on it, then yes you are right. 

How do you get more dynamic range or volume with 16 bit / 44.1 kHz PCM (compressed to FLAC or otherwise) compared to mp3 or your lossy format of choice? Um...? Really?

Your logic is flawed. What i said was just to compare mp3 320 vs flac. This includes the right sources,right headphones, right cables, right files, right interconnects, etc. It doesn't mean you have to sit alone in a smelly basement. Heck I can do it anywhere and still tell if its mp3 or flac. And fyi A/Bing different compression rates isn't hard at all to do since my ears are very seasoned and picky. Its sort of like a reflex that you can immediately distinguish 320 from flac. Enough said 

 

Hmmm, I definitely know what you are saying. I have that same sensation, but with other things. For example, my eyes are very seasoned too, thus I can immediately distinguish when someone on the internet is talking crap.

I could tell between 128 and 320 (there was a thread based around that a while back) but between 320 and ALAC? I have a few albums on my iPod as ALAC 1200kbps roughly and I don't hear a difference. Most of my music was obtained through itunes at 256 before I ever found this website. I would suggest, like others here have done, getting FLAC for future purchases but don't kill yourself trying to replace your music library with FLAC and ALAC.

Another solution would be converting. The mp3 will sound like flac after converting

?

 

Converting FLAC to mp3 320kbps makes the mp3 320kbps sounds more or less indentical to the FLAC you originally converted from

 

I assume this doesn't help if the files were *originally* 320 kbps. I think this is the case with the OP.
 

 

Yes your right but he uses beats pro. No use getting flac. The gear wont suffice :)