In rec.audio.tech Ben Bradley wrote:
in comp.compression,rec.audio.tech,rec.audio.pro, On Fri, 13 Mar 2009
02:56:49 +0000, Eeyore wrote:
geoff wrote:
Eeyore wrote:
Industrial One wrote:
What do you guys think? Will there be a successor to the current
state- of-the-art AAC codec, or do people not give a damn about
compression no more since FLACs and high-bitrate MP3s nowadays
download in less than a minute even in ****ty 3rd world countries?
There's a recent story on Slashdut. A professor has done tests of
college students with MP3 of various bitrates vs. uncompressed audio,
and most students nowadays PREFER the 128k MP3 sound:
Young People Prefer "Sizzle Sounds" of MP3 Format
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/11/153205
I wouldn't take that test too seriously.
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/...opic=70272&hl=
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