Re: MP3 Vs ATRAC : Which is worse ?

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From: jj, curmudgeon and tiring philal...
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 00:00

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In article <799d94$670$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,  <md_fan@usa.net> wrote:
>But the formats are intended for different purposes.  You can record almost
>any source on a MiniDisc (including MP3s) but MP3s themselves are just a file
>format.  Why not just use both?

Why not use MPEG-2 AAC, which is a new standard that provides, according
to properly executed DBT's, better performance at 96kb/s than MP3 does
at 128kb/s, and that has a performance at 128kb/s that is has a higher
mean than AC3 at 192 kb/s (not that AC3 is bad at that bitrate, please).
(To be clear, the AAC 128 and AC3 192 are NOT statistically distinguishable
to 5%)
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From: jj@research.att.com (jj, curmudgeon and tiring philalethist)
Subject: Re: MP3 Vs ATRAC : Which is worse ?
Date: 1999/02/03
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