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How to get audiophile quality music (Warning: TL;DR)
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RE: How to get audiophile quality music (Warning: TL;DR)
Well this is an excellent thread. I'll put in my two cents on file formats, sites to download music from, speakers, etc.
Most albums available for download online are ripped from CDs. Duh, right? The sound quality of the files is dependent upon the format and bitrate used to rip the CD. There are lossy file formats and lossless file formats, with lossless formats being an exact audio reconstruction of the original CD. Mp3s allow for only an estimate, with the quality of this estimate being based upon the bitrate that it was ripped from. The higher the bitrate, the better sound quality you get. Sounds which are not able to be perceived by people receive a lower priority, such as those at high frequencies. That does not mean that there isn't a noticeable difference between lossless and a low-mid quality lossy rip, because most of the time there is. It is however difficult to tell a 320 bitrate mp3 from a lossless file.
Common fixed bitrates:
128 kb/s mp3 - Shit bitrate. If you go to download an hour long album, and the file size is only 30 mb, this is why, and you should avoid it if you give any fucks about the sound quality of your audio.
192 kb/s mp3 - Not shit bitrate
320 kb/s mp3 - Highest quality mp3. Perfectly acceptable in my opinion.
There's also variable bitrates. On parts of the album where a smaller bitrate is required, the bitrate goes down. When there's a lot of sound, the bitrate spikes up. By ripping a CD as a VBR, you get the best bang for your byte. Below is a list of variable ranges.
V2 - 170 - 210
V1 - 190 - 250
V0 - 240 - 280
Anything higher than V2 isn't recommended.
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RE: How to get audiophile quality music (Warning: TL;DR) - Sunbourn - 08-24-2012 10:04 AM
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