> In a good studio with proper isolation and excellent monitors, it is rath=
er difficult to tell the best MP3 streams (which are all I use) from uncomp=
ressed PCM. On some sources, it's impossible. There are many studies.
I find that the better the listening enviroment, the more obvious the diffe=
rences.
>
> While I do not wish to challenge your subjectivity, I find this statement=
difficult to believe. A rip from a typical over-compressed rock record sou=
nds bad no matter how it is packaged. There's almost no dynamics and relati=
vely little variety in tonal information. But you are saying it will sound =
worse with MP3?
I don't listen to that type of audio. Orchestral & choral, but nothing that=
is compressed in the 'modern' way.
"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
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