On 27 Jul 2004 19:51:20 -0700, (Backpacker) wrote:

I just got an iPod and am wrestling with codecs. With rock and pop
it's pretty easy. After a lot of playing around there was no
discernable difference between OGG Level 6, MP3 @ ABR 160k, or AAC @
160k. This was listening through a laptop with 2 different sets of
fair headphones. So I'm going with Lame MP3, forced stereo, ABR 160
with a 128 to 192 range.

If you're testing out out Ogg Vorbis at q 6, I would use the "MegaMix"
(not MegaMix2) version, which you can find he

http://rarewares.org/ogg.html

There is some discussion about this and listening tests he

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/...pic=23355&st=0

With classical, it isn't so easy. All sound pretty similar until the
big crescendos. Then it seems like the audio comes dangerously close
to clipping with MP3. When I checked what the dynamic range was for
each file here's what I noticed:

Clipping which is added by the mp3 encoding/decoding process can be
cured by using mp3gain:

http://www.geocities.com/mp3gain/

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