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Re: Saved from the cutting room floor mix* - Underworld vs The Misterons
I've listened to this thing many times over the years and I found the fidelity upgrade really profound. Might just be my ears, of course. But I was really delighted.
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Re: Saved from the cutting room floor mix* - Underworld vs The Misterons
Yup, definitely sounds better. You'd be surprised of the big difference between 128kbps to 256kbps. The lower the kbps the more crushed and claustrophobic it sounds. The rip we had cut off around 16khz, this one goes to 21khz. It makes a difference.
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Re: Saved from the cutting room floor mix* - Underworld vs The Misterons
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And this is old news, but 128 to 256 mbs is not that discernible an improvement: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/...-256-kbps.html
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Re: Saved from the cutting room floor mix* - Underworld vs The Misterons
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"256 AAC is equivalent, if not slightly better than 320 MP3. The high-frequency encoding is more efficient (more faithful to the original audio)." Hence the audible difference. So, yes, those who want this in the best possible quality, there is reason to be excited. Is it ok for us to be happy? Last edited by iamneorev; 07-09-2020 at 05:29 PM. |
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Re: Saved from the cutting room floor mix* - Underworld vs The Misterons
Stop policing my amazing hearing!
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Re: Saved from the cutting room floor mix* - Underworld vs The Misterons
I wish you total happiness in all your UW listening experiences and am sorry I ever doubted your discerning ears! 😜
And yes, it is a fantastic mix, regardless of the bitrate. I grew up appreciating whatever I got, especially for free.
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Re: Saved from the cutting room floor mix* - Underworld vs The Misterons
Personally i'm used to the 128, but of course higher can sound better.
I've never been an audiophile. So even uncompressed 192/48 bluray audio is better, but I don't have the equipment for it. I used to listen to things on headphones a lot more in the 90's, and 00's. But in the 10's, and 20's, i usually just listen on the computer, or in the car. So, all this audio improvement isnt really that noticeable. And I don't have that great of an audio system in my car (or previous one). I had a ghetto USB speaker system that I used to hook up to my phone for playback. Currently I am using car speakers, hooked up to a USB (Cassette player shaped) MP3 player (that uses microSD cards - how retro is that). I got tired of choosing playlists through my phone, so I custom select tracks for the microSD card, and switch them like albums or short playlists on the USB player. convoluted, i know. but it works for me. later -1 Last edited by negative1; 07-12-2020 at 11:47 AM. |
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Re: Saved from the cutting room floor mix* - Underworld vs The Misterons
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As for headphones, I have Audio Technica ATH-M50Xs. For home stereo listening, I use my studio computer with a Roland MX-1 24/96 audio interface/mixer into Tannoy Reveal 802 studio monitors, which sound lovely. |
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Re: Saved from the cutting room floor mix* - Underworld vs The Misterons
I've done listening tests and I can't tell the difference between 256kbps mp3 and FLAC, so going a step further into 24/48 and such would be a total waste of time and money for me. I'm much more interested in the tunes than the sound quality over a certain point anyway.
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