chewy4
Headphoneus Supremus
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The difference between compressed files above 128kbps and lossless isn't so much in overall sound quality,but rather artifacts that you have to listen to carefully to hear. 256kbps is at a level where these artifacts aren't going to be audible for most people.
If you want to test between them, here's a thread you might be interested in: http://www.head-fi.org/t/653438/high-bitrate-lossy-vs-lossless-test
The top link in my signature has comparisons between 320,128, and lossless as well but the samples probably aren't going to be as complex as bigshot has, and I don't include 256.
As far as youtube goes, I believe some old youtube vidoes have crappy audio encoding. But newer ones can be decent.
Here's a chart of youtube bitrates:
Eh... ok, another question. when i use such a high end headphone, when i use youtube or any low quality music, will it sound bad? can is 256kbps music good enough? or do i need to get lossless?
The difference between compressed files above 128kbps and lossless isn't so much in overall sound quality,but rather artifacts that you have to listen to carefully to hear. 256kbps is at a level where these artifacts aren't going to be audible for most people.
If you want to test between them, here's a thread you might be interested in: http://www.head-fi.org/t/653438/high-bitrate-lossy-vs-lossless-test
The top link in my signature has comparisons between 320,128, and lossless as well but the samples probably aren't going to be as complex as bigshot has, and I don't include 256.
As far as youtube goes, I believe some old youtube vidoes have crappy audio encoding. But newer ones can be decent.
Here's a chart of youtube bitrates:
Resolution | Audio Bit Rate | Compression |
---|---|---|
Original | 192 kbps | AAC |
1080p | 192 kbps | AAC |
720p | 192 kbps | AAC |
480p | 128 kbps | AAC |
360p | 128 kbps | AAC |
240p | 64 kbps | MP3 |