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Naxos: From 320kbps to Lossless to Blu-ray
The current stereophile online has an article of the subject line. It
addresses in part the question of if it is possible to distinguish 320 and cd sources. Reading between the lines me thinks the owner of Naxos really does not think one can but bows to the author of the article so as not to dissuade readers of the mag from becoming customers. He wants readers to consider themselves the 2 percent, which is part of the self defined and self admiration fringe of the hobby with the golden ears of course. Here is the relevant part: Even Naxos founder Klaus Heymann acknowledges the inaccuracy of the claim, in a Naxos press release, that, at 320kbps, "speed and quality make MP3 files indistinguishable from CDs." "To the average consumer," he told me via telephone from his home in Hong Kong, "320kbps is virtually indistinguishable from CD sound. You would be surprised how many people listen to 128kbps selections from the Naxos Music Library played back through my computer and hi-fi system and ask, 'Where is the CD player?' 128kbps is not wonderful. The overtones are missing, and the bass is not well defined. But at 320kbps, I believe that 98% of people think it sounds like a CD. I personally think it is not exactly like a CD, but it sounds damn good." |
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