> That said, there are people who can hear the difference between 320kbps mp3s and uncompressed, because they can sense the faint temporal errors that can make

> That said, there are people who can hear the difference between 320kbps mp3s and uncompressed, because they can sense the faint temporal errors that can make a sound a touch before the sound they should follow. This depends a lot on your setup. In perfect room with 5 digit sound equipment and encoded with a bad encoder? Sure. Good encoder on something like phone speakers, especially with examples not specifically crafted to show weaknesses? Never. Of course there is a lot of in-between, but for most people and setups, mp3 is not the limitation.