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It might well be that many people complaining about "soulless, thin MP3s" would not be able to tell a 160kbps VBR MP3 from the original in a controlled experime
by miloshh 18y ago
It might well be that many people complaining about "soulless, thin MP3s" would not be able to tell a 160kbps VBR MP3 from the original in a controlled experiment. Low-quality headphones and speakers are obviously a different matter, but if you're telling somebody that compression makes their music soulless and thin, you're an audio snob without any facts.
- jibiki 18y agoThe article establishes that people can, in fact, tell the difference between MP3 and uncompressed, no?
- miloshh 18y agoAccording to the article (and the one linked in it), the percentage of people that prefer MP3 quality is rising, that's all. It does not say these people would actually be able to tell that the recording they prefer is an MP3.