Musicmatch 97% VBR. That is the setting I use most often.
Depending on the player and the song, mine show up as an average from 214 to 312. One program I have showed my files as averaging 420 kbps
LAME alt preset extreme.
Those are the only two I use.
Originally posted by Edwood Lame VBR 160
Try encoding MP3's in discreet stereo rather than joint stereo. Makes a huge difference if you ever listen to MP3's through speakers. Of course, many would argue why bother with MP3's at home.
By "discreet stereo" do you mean separate or normal stereo (versus joint)? Sorry, I haven't heard the term before. If so it's hard for me to believe you'll get a superior sound with any bitrate let alone one as low as 160, where joints advantages would be even more pronounced.
I encode with 256cbr, high setting, LAME 3.93.1 (also trying out 3.95) with EAC.
I just got some Senn HD650 w/Zu cables headphones and thought it might be time upgrade to WAV, so I downloaded a couple of CDs in WAV (Audioslave, Flaming Lips, Doves, & Chalie Mingus) to see how much difference it would make. At first it was hard to tell the difference but then I thought I could tell the WAV file sounded better.
To make it a fair test, I tried it double-blind by putting the same song in WAV and mp3 on my on-the-go playlist on the Ipod and setting it on shuffle. I tried different songs from each cd and each time I couldn't guess the right file at least half the time. I didn't test for too long just knowing I could be wrong once.
This saved me the trouble of re-ripping and losing a lot of hd space. I guess the next test is to see if a home cdp would sound any better.
Originally posted by Zemo
If your interested in a filesharing network that has ONLY MP3's ripped with EAC/LAME at no less than --a-p s, check out www.ubershare.com ....I HIGHLY reccomend it!
WOW! That's awesome! Thanks for the link! I guess I'm gonna have to give this a try
256 kbps; 192 kbps minimum; 160 kbps on download if desperate; I use 128 kbps for a song only to try-before-I-buy. Any song that I REALLY like, I have to buy the CD to get its full sample rate and dynamic range - and my ears LOVE me for it!
I use 3.93.1 which is the last stable one but a lot of people like 3.90.2. The alpha and beta ones are still in testing phases but I've tried 3.95 and haven't had any problem.
On EAC you have the option to choose a bit rate at VBR (variable) or CBR (constant) or the --alt command lines. No sure what they do except insane it CBR at 320bit and very high encoding.
I usually encode with my personalized settings with Razorlame , i mean use all those specific commands that can be used with EAC. I do 192-320 Kbps LAME 3.93.1 100% quality VBR with the highest quality settings for critical quality mp3s, or do 160 kbps CBR Itunes Fraunhoffer for casual qualty mp3s. Although i find 160 CBR FHG quite good too.
BTW, if you find LAME too slow, add the "fast" tag ("--alt-preset fast standard" or "--alt-preset fast extreme"). Also if you have a multi processor machine you can try "--multi" at the end.
Originally posted by CyberGhost guys sorry for the lame question but
what is
--alt preset standard ?
where to you change that options?
and what insane MP3 EAC Lame 3.90.2 mean?
the only thing i know is, that you insert a cd into a cdrom and then run application choose 128 or whatever you want and click rip
where can i learn about this EAC, AAC and stuff like that?
Insane MP3 EAC Lame 3.90.2 is just my long rambling string for how I encoded my MP3s.
I use the -alt--preset insane tag for Lame version 3.90.2, ripped with Exact Audio Copy (linked elsewhere) in secure mode, at 320kbps.
The -alt--preset insane tag says to the LAME Mp3 encoder that I am a freak and demand only the maximum quality for my MP3s. The 320kbps is used here by default I believe.
Exact Audio Copy is a great ripper, and better than the "average" ripper because it logs everything, and can setup the drive for maximum error protection. True, when you rip a CD you are pulling the data off in lossless form, but the error correction and tracking is either off or missing completely to speed up the process. This is very bad because it means that skipping and jitter can occur, distorting the rip, and causing loss.
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