Transparency is relative to the user. In the 192/224kbps range (with a good encoder), only a very small part of the population is able to detect artifacts in a

Transparency is relative to the user. In the 192/224kbps range (with a good encoder), only a very small part of the population is able to detect artifacts in a blind test. Text files are not a good analogy, as they have a different workflow compared to musical files.