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The article is correct, but it's not true that nobody can't tell the difference between an MP3 and a FLAC. I've personally done blind A/B testing in my (then)
by tomlu 12y ago
The article is correct, but it's not true that nobody can't tell the difference between an MP3 and a FLAC.
I've personally done blind A/B testing in my (then) studio to discover the point at which I can't distinguish between MP3 and uncompressed audio. These days the encoders are really good, so it gets real hard at around 256kbps. I'm confident I could reliably pick out 192kbps though.
- radley 12y agoWhy expect audio clarity to be uniform among everyone. Not everyone has 20/20 vision. Some have 20/100, others 20/10.
- the_why_of_y 12y agoMP3 is a really old format with some known flaws even at the highest bitrates - try using something newer like Vorbis or Opus.