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Old 04-09-2019, 06:31 PM
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Re: everything everything part 2
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Originally Posted by iamneorev View Post
Perhaps it is the 48khz, no cutoff at 20khz like 320 mp3.
Well, AC-3 (DD) is a different codec from MPEG, so the psychoacoustic model differs from what you would expect with MP3.

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Originally Posted by iamneorev View Post
Also DD is considered lossy, but bitrates can be 192, 348, 640... so audio can still technically go higher than a 320 mp3.
Yeah, but also bear in mind that when you see those bitrates, they're usually carrying 6 channels of audio instead of 2. The per-channel bitrate is much lower than a stereo 320 Kbps MP3. Also, AC-3 is an older codec than MP3, with the efficiency being more on par with the performance of MP2.