Ok, this is it, I'm consult you all! the professionals here. I've been the butt of ridicule from a few of my friends since high school. And I'm sick of it, Ever since I was 17 years old, I've always noticed differences (sometimes big ones) between varying formats, and sample rates of all kinds of music.
I've NEVER been satisfied EVER with 128 mp3s not even vbrs, 192... nah, 256? close, 320, now were talking, even THEN I can still hear loss between a wav and a 320 mp3, but the mp3 is so close its worth it for the size savings.
So most of my mp3 collection is burned at 320, I get teased and taunted about how this is "a waste, and unnessasary" to me its VERY nessasary!
I dont even have state of the art hardware, I'm using a Nvidia Soundstorm motherboard, and a Klipsch promedia 4.1 system, I think it has great sound, not the best but really good. On this setup, anything less then a 320 mp3 sounds a little muddy to me, I can "clearly" hear the differences.
Now, not but an hour ago I exported some wavs out of cool edit pro 2, it was of my bands demo, wich we recorded (with Crappy equipment mind you) at 32/96khz I accidently exported a wav at 32/96, and it was so huge, I didnt know why at first, so I exported a new file, and downsampled it. to 16/44. the file size was back were it should be.
I listend to both files. AND THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE!
So I tell a friend, who proceeds to mock me, and tell me its impossible and its just my exporter/ecoder or whatever, so I do it again, the HUGE 30meg wave of 1:19 of music, sounds AWESOME, the 16/44 one sounds good to, but not NEARLY as precise or as clear. I'm flipping through them right now, its extremely noticeable.
so. set me straight.
HAVE I LOST MY MIND???
I had my ears tested when I was 19, for a job, I scored better then average on both ends of the spectrum, so CAN I FREAKING HEAR THIS? or am I literally so dellusional that I've convinced my ears to interpert the same sound differently?
btw, I have the files right here if anyone wants them...
I'm sick of this argument I want the truth!
*runs off to google*
sorry and thank you!
I've NEVER been satisfied EVER with 128 mp3s not even vbrs, 192... nah, 256? close, 320, now were talking, even THEN I can still hear loss between a wav and a 320 mp3, but the mp3 is so close its worth it for the size savings.
So most of my mp3 collection is burned at 320, I get teased and taunted about how this is "a waste, and unnessasary" to me its VERY nessasary!
I dont even have state of the art hardware, I'm using a Nvidia Soundstorm motherboard, and a Klipsch promedia 4.1 system, I think it has great sound, not the best but really good. On this setup, anything less then a 320 mp3 sounds a little muddy to me, I can "clearly" hear the differences.
Now, not but an hour ago I exported some wavs out of cool edit pro 2, it was of my bands demo, wich we recorded (with Crappy equipment mind you) at 32/96khz I accidently exported a wav at 32/96, and it was so huge, I didnt know why at first, so I exported a new file, and downsampled it. to 16/44. the file size was back were it should be.
I listend to both files. AND THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE!
So I tell a friend, who proceeds to mock me, and tell me its impossible and its just my exporter/ecoder or whatever, so I do it again, the HUGE 30meg wave of 1:19 of music, sounds AWESOME, the 16/44 one sounds good to, but not NEARLY as precise or as clear. I'm flipping through them right now, its extremely noticeable.
so. set me straight.
HAVE I LOST MY MIND???
I had my ears tested when I was 19, for a job, I scored better then average on both ends of the spectrum, so CAN I FREAKING HEAR THIS? or am I literally so dellusional that I've convinced my ears to interpert the same sound differently?
btw, I have the files right here if anyone wants them...
I'm sick of this argument I want the truth!
*runs off to google*
sorry and thank you!
