Although I cannot prove it, my ears suggest that this is true in theory but not in reality. There are some purists on this and other lists who think that because mp3 or ogg or wma as well as others represent a so called "lossy format," that using any such format makes it a substandard recording. I suspect that if you performed an a-b comparison, many of them would guess incorrectly.
But back to your original question, VBR may produce slightly smaller file sizes if you record at extremely high bit rates; but I will guarantee that this is not true when you record at lower bit rates for things like books. Don Roberts ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 1:23 PM Subject: Re: CBR or VBR But I've heard that with vbr, you do get a smaller file, but the nature of variable bit rates is that you are supposed to get higher quality, despite the smaller size! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brandon Hicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 10:18 PM Subject: Re: CBR or VBR > hi > vbr makes a smaller file. you set limits as to how much data it > will > encode, > say between 96 and 192 kbps. the encoder will analyze the music > and do > what > it thinks is good quality encoding between those specified > limits. the > advantage of that is you get a smaller file. the advantage of > cbr is that > the data is all the same bitrate, which makes sure it's all the > same > quality. vbr in my experience, the few times i've used it > sounds worse > than > cbr, but this could be just me. > > > Brandon Hicks > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype: callto://reyuth > msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other > lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com __________ NOD32 1.1599 (20060614) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
