Properly encoded MP3s are audibly the same *to humans (Destiny)

by RC , UK, Saturday, March 21, 2015, 13:31 (3783 days ago) @ Kermit

MP3 isn't a bad encoding scheme in itself, and it needn't make the audio sound any different to humans. All lossy encoding schemes start by throwing away the stuff that no-one can hear anyway. Then packing-up all the redundant data. You start to get audible differences where it is forced into bitrates that are simply too low to represent the content.

MP3s past was plagued by low-quality encoders that didn't even do a good job with the bitrate limits they were given.

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Would anyone of you help me support this thought? - musicalwahine808, 2015-03-21, 01:27
- Gotta say I'm a little confused. - iconicbanana, 2015-03-21, 03:01
  - Yes, MP3s are virtually identical. - Funkmon, 2015-03-21, 08:58
    - maybe. - Kermit, 2015-03-21, 12:57
      - *Properly encoded MP3s are *audibly the same *to humans - RC, 2015-03-21, 13:31
        
        *Properly encoded MP3s are *audibly the same *to humans - Cody Miller, 2015-03-21, 22:51
        
        Yep, generation loss kills quality - RC, 2015-03-22, 11:24
    - Yes, MP3s are virtually identical. - marmot 1333, 2015-03-21, 14:08
      - Yes, MP3s are virtually identical. - Xenos, 2015-03-21, 14:16
        
        I'll take a 320 MP3 over Vinyl any day - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-03-21, 16:52
        
        Yes, MP3s are virtually identical. - Kermit, 2015-03-22, 07:11
      - Methodology - Funkmon, 2015-03-21, 18:12
        
        Methodology - marmot 1333, 2015-03-21, 18:28
    - Not to mention there are lossless formats for the nitpicky - ZackDark, 2015-03-21, 17:29
  - It's The Physicality. - Morpheus, 2015-03-21, 13:15
    - ^same reason people like vinyl - RC, 2015-03-21, 13:21
      - ^same reason people like vinyl - Xenos, 2015-03-21, 13:45
        
        ^same reason people like vinyl - Cody Miller, 2015-03-21, 16:06
  - Gotta say I'm a little confused. - musicalwahine808, 2015-03-21, 21:42
    - Gotta say I'm a little confused. - Ragashingo, 2015-03-21, 23:30
      - Gotta say I'm a little confused. - musicalwahine808, 2015-03-22, 02:47
        
        Gotta say I'm a little confused. - Dagoonite, 2015-03-22, 03:20
        
        Gotta say I'm a little confused. - musicalwahine808, 2015-03-22, 04:19

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Properly encoded MP3s are audibly the same *to humans (Destiny)