The bitrates they chose were also a joke. I haven't seen an mp3 lower than 128kbps in over a decade unless it was a podcast. It all seems obvious when you skim

The bitrates they chose were also a joke. I haven't seen an mp3 lower than 128kbps in over a decade unless it was a podcast. It all seems obvious when you skim the study. Of course introducting artifacts will affect the emotional impact of media. It's distracting. No different than poor jpg quality images or bad movie rips.