Isn’t the article about MP3 in particular? An m4a file is most like using AAC,
which is a lot better quality for the same data rate as MP3.
>That's a pretty broad brush dismissing 'MP3s', as there are a lot of ways to
>data compress audio today.
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That's a pretty broad brush dismissing 'MP3s', as there are a lot of ways
to data compress audio today.
Granted there have been many instances where bad encoding or slow rates
have diminished the aural experience, but newer compression techniques and
better algorithms get the audio to a point where
I do and always have had a hard time listening to mp3s. If any of these kids
today ever heard original German pressings of Beethoven's 5th Symphony or
Beatles Revolver on reference system, I think they would be more than
amazed. Just try to hear the little hi-hat nuance in Steely Dan's Peg from
the