🚀 go-pugleaf

Hmm. Isn't comparing MPEG-2 to AVI the same as comparing cassette to CD? I'm too tired to say it eloquently but I thought it was now widely accepted that in all these matters there comes a point of diminishing returns - eg mp3 bitrates over 256kbs (or thereabouts) are pointless because abx testers cannot distinguish them. Thus with CD and better-than-CD audio - proper abx testing has not distinguished them. I say again - where is the evidence? I've done my best with Google and cannot find it - even at Hydrogenaudio where the obsessed guys seem to hang out.

I'm not saying I'm right - I'm just begging for anything that is not anecdotal or someone's personal opinion. No harm in the latter but you can't extend an opinion to the mass audience - especially in view of their preference for mp3.

(Good points about compression etc - generally comparable to points already made about mic choice and placement etc - never mind the numbers game, how good is the whole recording chain and how well has the whole chain been used?).