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Article #1002Re: MP3 Vs ATRAC : Which is worse ?
From: md_fan
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 00:00
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In article <PSXt2.754$ob2.1685@news.flash.net>, "Arny KrοΏ½ger" <arnyk@flash.net> wrote: > ]>I would have asked "which is better" since you can get very good sound from > >both formats. ATRAC uses a 292k bitrate and most MP3s found on the Net use a > >128k bitrate. ATRAC is considerably cleaner, especially in the high end. > >When MP3s are encoded at 160k they start sounding pretty good and at 256k > >they get hard to distinguish from ATRAC. > > What experiments are these conclusions based on? Blind and semi-blind listening tests, which is the only way you can really test any perceptually coded format, no? MDF -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 109f11,8f9482d021558bd9 X-Google-Attributes: gid109f11,public X-Google-Thread: 105a81,8f9482d021558bd9 X-Google-Attributes: gid105a81,public X-Google-Thread: fb1f8,8f9482d021558bd9 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1f8,public X-Google-Thread: 10d85e,8f9482d021558bd9 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d85e,public From: md_fan@usa.net Subject: Re: MP3 Vs ATRAC : Which is worse ? Date: 1999/02/04 Message-ID: <79bfu8$smh$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> X-Deja-AN: 440484579 References: <77bvje$q3o$3@justice.csc.cuhk.edu.hk> <799d94$670$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <PSXt2.754$ob2.1685@news.flash.net> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x13.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 209.63.246.135 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion X-Article-Creation-Date: Thu Feb 04 06:49:46 1999 GMT Newsgroups: rec.audio.tech,rec.audio.opinion,rec.audio.misc,hk.rec.audio-visual X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.5 [en] (Win98; I)