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Re: [ARSCLIST] Lossy compression losing quality (was Re: [ARSCLIST] Pristine Audio and the Milllennials . . .)
Howard Friedman wrote:
Hello, Richard,
My God, the WAV file is more than 10 times larger than the MP3 file! Where does the loss occur, treble or bass or both? How much? Can I hear the difference?
The loss is essentially in the high frequencies, but not uniformly so.
Note that compression may be selected in a range of about 3-30 with the
usual choice 11:1 (128 Kbps MP3 from redbook WAV). The more compression,
the greater the loss.
Note, too, that LAME offers a wider range in its not-MP3 MP3 than do
Fraunhofer compressors.
Mike
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