Vergex2
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It really depends. The most extreme example for me is a certain track encoded in 128 kb/s versus 320 kb/s is a night and day difference even on iBuds.
Higher bitrates primarily allow the encoding of waveforms at higher frequencies - and age-related hearing loss usually affects the hearing of higher auditory frequencies, so your hearing may be the critical factor. Can you hear frequencies over 17kHz?
DAMMIT MAN! You shoulda posted a warning about that - i had my amp volume at 1 o'clock and everything!!!
crap that hurt
Look on the bright side. You probably can't hear frequencies over 17kHz any more...
DAMMIT MAN! You shoulda posted a warning about that - i had my amp volume at 1 o'clock and everything!!!
crap that hurt
LOL! Hope your ears are ok. I can easily hear that. Then again I am only 16I just tried this: http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2009/03/can-you-hear-this-hearing-test/ and heard up to 21khz. I got nothing at 22khz lol.
The folks who have mentioned the nature of the source material are, IMO, getting at the point
Below is the file of 2 wav files. One is lossless, one is 128Kbps mp3, converted to wav. Can you tell which one is which just by listening? (In my other thread someone used multiple analyzers).
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EUG6Y4RH