Re: Variable bitrate MP3 files

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cwdjrxyz wrote:
It might be interesting to record the same audio in all of these 42
mp3 variations, see the file size, listen to them on a very high
quality audio system, and see what problems, if any they may cause on
computers players such as WMP, Real etc and various stand alone mp3
players.

I'm only interested in the MP3 files for listening on my PC as I work. I play the original CD (or a bitwise copy of my original) in my HiFi.
Whilst my PC speakers are excellent I notice no degradation in sound quality when recorded at 160bps or above.

This is one advantage of getting older — I've lost the higher frequencies, so can get by with MP3 just fine. I also have to be careful that the music doesn't get too involving, and distracting me from my work.

I'm interested how the variable bitrate affects the sound quality though. For 10 minutes of silence, you could compress that down to almost nothing, with no loss of quality.

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