View Single Post
  #2   Report Post  
Posted to rec.audio.opinion,rec.audio.tech
Don Pearce Don Pearce is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 2,726
Default Poll: WMA vs. MP3

On 5 Nov 2006 00:46:06 -0800, "Radium" wrote:

Hi group:

Lets say there is a 44.1 khz, monoaural, 32 kbps WMA file and a 44.1
khz, monoaural, 32 kbps MP3 file; which one would rather listen to?

I'd prefer the WMA. I readily notice the difference in WMA artifacts
and MP3 artifacts; the differences are very difficult for me to
describe, but they are signficant. Both resemble "digital tones" of old
video games and binary signals but they are noticeably different from
each other.

BTW, what is responsible for those differences in audio artifacts
resulting from a low-bit-rate WMAs vs. low-bit-rate MP3s?


Thanks,

Radium


Why would you listen to either when AAC+ is out there?

www.tuner2.com

Needs Winamp

d

--
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com