On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 13:07 -0800, Dean S. Messing wrote: > How does Ogg's compression quality compare with MP3 and ACC at the > same bitrate? Comparing the two that I've listned too, MP3 and Ogg Vorbis, I have to say that MP3s need to be encoded *well* above 196 kbs before I stop noticing nasty artifacts (squeaks, squeals, plops, strange mushy effects, etc., that aren't part of the original sound source). On the other hand, ogg at 128 kbs seems quite adequate, and I haven't noticed any nasty artifacts. I haven't tried lower bit rate oggs. That's listening through some decent Beyer or Sennheiser headphones, and through some rather nice Wharfedale bookshelf speakers and a 0.001% distortion stereo amplifier. Not ludicrously expensive gear, just modest home HiFi gear (apart from the Beyer headsets - they're a second hand professional set, I don't go around buying $400+ headests as a rule). -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr 2.6.23.12-52.fc7 i686 i386 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. ________________________________________________________________ rm -rfd /*
