thoughtcriminal
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Let me first state I have no way of really testing this myself, as my DAP does not support ogg or flac, and since getting my new cans, I've noticed my notebook sounds pretty horrific. I have no external DAC, so thats out as well.
However, come my next portable upgrade, all the players I'm looking at support ogg and flac.
Right now, all my portable music is stored in mp3 format, 192k at a minimum, most 256k or higher, Constant bit rate.
Because of space constraints, Flac won't be an option for everyday portable listening.
What I'm wondering is if it will be worth it to rerip my collection to, say 400k average BR ogg? will I hear a noticable increase in quality? (for arguement, lets assume I'm using a Cowon D2)
Due to the VBR nature of ogg, I'm hoping they won't be much larger than my current mp3s.
Also, can the top quality ogg rate (500k) reach a level of sound quality as to be nearly indistinguishable from lossless compression?
However, come my next portable upgrade, all the players I'm looking at support ogg and flac.
Right now, all my portable music is stored in mp3 format, 192k at a minimum, most 256k or higher, Constant bit rate.
Because of space constraints, Flac won't be an option for everyday portable listening.
What I'm wondering is if it will be worth it to rerip my collection to, say 400k average BR ogg? will I hear a noticable increase in quality? (for arguement, lets assume I'm using a Cowon D2)
Due to the VBR nature of ogg, I'm hoping they won't be much larger than my current mp3s.
Also, can the top quality ogg rate (500k) reach a level of sound quality as to be nearly indistinguishable from lossless compression?