Re: [ARSCLIST] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] CD Longevity (was Vinegar syndrome audio tapes

[Mike Richter <mrichter@xxxxxxx>]

Frank Strauss wrote:
> Hi Tom-I am a long time lurker on this list, trying to learn what I can, 
> and have been very interested in this thread.  I have put about 500 cd's 
> into iTunes, using mp3 format at 196 kbs.  I love music, and have always 
> thought I had reasonably good ears.  I am disturbed to think that with 
> iTunes(and by this, I probably mean any compressed format) you have 
> vastly inferior audio quality.  It is probably my aging ears, but I have 
> trouble telling which is the original cd and which is the iTunes mp3.  
> Are you or others on this list able to listen to both formats without 
> knowing which is which, and tell the difference? (As in the test in 
> Grand Central Station, NYC, where they had live behind one curtain and 
> AR speakers behind the other)  Thanks, FBS
It is possible to detect the differences depending on encoder, bitrate, 
and most significantly listening closely, particularly when one knows 
what to listen for. Among the differences, imaging is distorted, though 
that matters little on a studio recording.

Mike
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