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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1633347" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>Hi <strong>Jeff</strong> - well, I also have you beat by just a year - <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> An important issue that has not been addressed relative to (and regardless of codec used) the 'lossy' codecs, such as AAC & MP3, is the extraction bit rates of the files, i.e. kbps - files extracted at less than 192 kbps may show perceptible differences from their lossless equivalents in blind A-B comparisons (and certainly if at the lower rates - there AAC may be somewhat better than MP3).</p><p></p><p>However, at higher bit rates, e.g. 256 or 320 kbps, numerous blind comparisons have shown that most individuals cannot tell the difference between the lossy & lossless versions of the same music. You can google many of these articles, but a chart from the one <a href="http://www.music.mcgill.ca/~hockman/documents/Pras_presentation2009.pdf" target="_blank">HERE</a> is shown below indicating that these higher bit rate extractions are not aurally different.</p><p></p><p>For myself, I typically rip my music @ 256 or 320 kbps and when I do online purchases, those are the bit rates chosen - the files will be a little larger but there still is a good deal of lossy compression. As to 'country vs. classical' music (the latter which I listen to most of the time), there is likely even less of a concern for your listening preference. Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]21607[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1633347, member: 234411"] Hi [B]Jeff[/B] - well, I also have you beat by just a year - ;) An important issue that has not been addressed relative to (and regardless of codec used) the 'lossy' codecs, such as AAC & MP3, is the extraction bit rates of the files, i.e. kbps - files extracted at less than 192 kbps may show perceptible differences from their lossless equivalents in blind A-B comparisons (and certainly if at the lower rates - there AAC may be somewhat better than MP3). However, at higher bit rates, e.g. 256 or 320 kbps, numerous blind comparisons have shown that most individuals cannot tell the difference between the lossy & lossless versions of the same music. You can google many of these articles, but a chart from the one [URL="http://www.music.mcgill.ca/~hockman/documents/Pras_presentation2009.pdf"]HERE[/URL] is shown below indicating that these higher bit rate extractions are not aurally different. For myself, I typically rip my music @ 256 or 320 kbps and when I do online purchases, those are the bit rates chosen - the files will be a little larger but there still is a good deal of lossy compression. As to 'country vs. classical' music (the latter which I listen to most of the time), there is likely even less of a concern for your listening preference. Dave :) . [ATTACH=full]21607[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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