[Joe Bloggs]

Ah well, get the MAD decoder plugin to replace the winamp mp3 decoder then

 

[JaZZ]

wallijonn, thanks for the advice... but the ripping isn't my «problem» – I use Audiograbber (freeware) –, rather Winamp's different reproduction of MP3 and Wave.

Thanks, Joe – the MAD decoder really helps! Now (high-bitrate) MP3 and Wave sound the same in terms od frequency response. I guess MP3 reproduction now is a trace less bright than before, isn't it? Anyway, I'm satisfied.

JaZZ

 

[Joe Bloggs]

I'd always thought the improvement over the stock encoder was just a myth??

Interesting

I think it will be a long time before my computer system would be up to par for me to spot such subtleties though

 

[JaZZ]

Joe...

...I wouldn't say the sound is better now (I was already happy before), but the slight difference in frequency response between MP3 and wave with Winamp has disappeared. Note: there wasn't any with mplayer, e.g.

 

[Joe Bloggs]

Well, sounding closer to original = better in the case of compression formats...

If there were an original sound to compare to, this would be true of audio in general too... sigh