Been moaning about MP3 Quality

[Sam]

Interesting test for those who think they can tell the difference between things encoded at 320 and things encoded at 128.

http://mp3ornot.com/

[Jiggles]

Interesting! It all really depends on your speakers though :D

[ppentertainments]

Must admit got it wrong but only listening thorough computer speakers. Must try sometime on proper speakers.

[DJWilson]

you can a slight difference. i got it right the answer is * :D

[Sam]

Must admit got it wrong but only listening thorough computer speakers. Must try sometime on proper speakers.

Yeh - I got it wrong first time too!
I think it is a very close run thing.. and of course there are a lot of other factors that affect the sound quality too!

[Tom]

Must admit got it wrong but only listening thorough computer speakers. Must try sometime on proper speakers.

Same here. I played it on my pc speakers and got it wrong. I then tryed it again on my nearfield studio speakers and you can hear a bit of a difference. Not much of a difference but if you dont know what you are looking for then you wont hear any difference at all.

[Dragonfly]

glad i can tell the difference.

[rob1963]

What about the difference between 256 (which I've ripped my music at) and 320?

I'd suggest nobody could tell the difference...certainly none of the punters at any of my discos!

[Daryl]

This site has travelled a lot, ive seen it pop up on at least 5 forums today. I could tell the difference, just. I rip all my music in V0 anyway.

[BeerFunk]

I got it right, but it was close. I'm also playing through the speakers on my monitor, which are poor to say the least.

[Paul James Promotions]

Could quite easily tell the difference.

[JAMdisco]

I could tell a slight difference. It's a different story though when you play it out through a high quality system. The lower bitrate ones can sometimes sound a little 'muddy'. They seem to lose that high end clarity. However, I've found very little difference between 192, 256 and 320. And if I can't tell the difference, how would the punters know?

Some tracks also are much better produced than others, this can make a bigger difference than the bitrate conversion.

[Corabar Steve]

I could hear a slight difference on my PC speakers, but only after repeated listens. If you weren't looking for it you wouldn't know. I'll have to try something similar through my gig rig.

[UltraBeat Entertainment]

I listen to each clip once through my £1 pair of headphones on got it right first time. I think the 320 clip is much clearer and richer sounding than the other recording.

I think it's a bad clip to test it out with as it would be come more obvious on a clip were musically more was happening.

[rob1963]

I listen to each clip once through my £1 pair of headphones on got it right first time.

Same here!

:D

[UltraBeat Entertainment]

Same here!

The joys of poundland:D :D :D