A really good feeling

[DanTheManPR]

I just realized that a bunch of my favorite songs were really low quality mp3s (like 64kbits), so I re-d/led them all at 192kbits, and WOW do they sound better :shades: I didn't realize the quality was so low because I couldn't tell the difference on my old headphones. I got a new pair, and suddenly everything sounds way better than before.

P.S. ogg files rock, now that I can hear the difference. :rock:

[Nova]

Yeah, I also noticed the difference with .ogg files, It sounds much better. I don't think they'll be replacing mp3's though.

[Tom Servo]

Hmm, that's odd, I convert all my files down to 64 kb/s to save room on my mp3 player. I don't notice a difference at all.

[Rafal Dudek]

160kbps is the cd quality I think

[DanTheManPR]

I do that as well on my CD player (which plays mp3s), I convert them down to 96kbits, becaues my little earbud headphones aren't very good, and neither are the ones in my car.

[DanTheManPR]

160kbps is the cd quality I think
I can tell a differnce up to 192kbit, but its negligably slight. I rip songs at that quality, but convert it to 128 when space is an issue. 128kbps and down is when it really starts to matter.

[Ojnod]

I rip at variable or 192kbps and yes *.ogg's do sound good.

[Gaim Mastr]

I'd ripped all of my CDs at 160kbps and couldn't be happier. Even when buring compilation CDs for myself at 8X the quality is fantastic.

Though, for those special recordings, I only burn at 1X.

The problem with 160 vs something like 98kbps, is the size of the finished mp3 file. All totalled, I now have about 50 Gigs of mp3s. Only about 9 of which are kept on my hard drive.

[SupaTroopa]

I always create MP3's at 192kpbs, I notice the difference on my car stereo CD player in particular - in that I can crank it up to a higher volume without the sound fuzzing out on me etc..,