Dobrescu George
Reviewer: AudiophileHeaven
i forgot to say that with cowon j3 i can turn sub-sonic bass louder, and upper bass lower, so ie8 sound like proffesional 2500$ iems?....
i forgot to say that with cowon j3 i can turn sub-sonic bass louder, and upper bass lower, so ie8 sound like proffesional 2500$ iems?....
i forgot to say that with cowon j3 i can turn sub-sonic bass louder, and upper bass lower, so ie8 sound like proffesional 2500$ iems?....
Anyone have a few graphs using a single pair of headphones showing one frequency response curve with lossless vs lossy ( say 192 kbits )? The track obviously must be the same.
I am trying to do direct A/B in foobar tracks from CD and then 192 kbits. I think I can hear the difference, but it sure is subtle. Each track in the comparison I sense a crispness and slight extension in both soundstage and frequency response straight from CD in comparison to 192 kbs.
I go from PC ( foobar2000) to m903 via USB into a pair of AH-D2000's. If I had to guess 192 kb/s at 24 bit is probably not easily discerned from CD. When I play CD's I use my DVD drive as it is much better than my CD burner drive. I used foobar2000 both to play the CD and go straight to the compressed track. Could it be possible that when I ripped the CD to mp3 at 192 kb/s at 24 bit, because the CD is 44.1 kb/s, the 192 kb/s rate basically kept most of the uncompression?
In one simple question: Can anyone honestly hear the difference between CD and the same tracks on that CD in mp3 format at 192 kb/s 24 bit?
I think you've mixed up sampling rate and bit rate. A CD will have a bitrate of around 1400 kbps and sampling rate at 44.1 kHz. CD is also limited to 16 bit so you don't need to rip it at 24 bit. Most people including myself may have trouble discerning lossy and lossless for recording we're not familiar with. But if I've heard a recording 100 times on lossless, it's easy to point out the flaws in lossy formats with good enough equipment. Which is what makes those online "tests" a little irrelevant. Plus, I believe they intentionally choose recordings that doesn't lose much detail when compressed like simple, non congested recordings with a limited dynamic range.