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> I can recognize 160kbps mp3 from 320kbps This something that is possible. However I wonder if you really tested it, or if you just think that you can hear th
by legulere 12y ago
> I can recognize 160kbps mp3 from 320kbps
This something that is possible. However I wonder if you really tested it, or if you just think that you can hear the difference. Often people in HiFI claim that they can hear a difference when in reality they can't.
> Now scale power 1000x, I bet price will go up as well. Probably exponentially.
As you go up with power you can often use techniques that are cheaper per watt in electrical engineering. Also size restrictions that you have with headphones fall away. I don't know why people always believe everything to be exponential. Anyway - with "normal HiFi" you have different problems than with headphones.
- jkot 12y agoLets put it other way. I never experienced speakers, which give similar sound details as headphones.
- dublinben 12y agoHave you ever experienced headphones which give proper soundstage as speakers?
- SoapSeller 12y agoI did, with the AKG K1000[0](They are very uncomfortable, btw). The problem with soundstage is that most recordings are made for speakers. Binaural recordings + headphones results in much better and much more realistic soundstage. With the shifting listing habits and the raise of digital distribution(which make it much easier to provide multiple mixes of the same recording) I was expecting to see more and more binaural recordings. Sadly it doesn't happen(yet?). [0] http://www.akg.com/pro/p/k1000 http://www.akg.com/pro/p/k1000.
- throwawayaway 12y agoyes i've really tested it, it's trivial to test, foobar2000 has an aba plugin, high hats and cymbals are smeared quite noticably by mp3 compression. 320 is the least bad. i think with sufficient volume you could probably hear the difference between wav and 320 too, but i haven't tested this.