What Bitrate For MP3 Downloads?

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  • samsam
    So Fucking Banned
    • Jun 2002
    • 682

    #1

    What Bitrate For MP3 Downloads?

    What is the optimum download bitrate for MP3 tracks?

    what gives the best quality without producing too large file sizes?
  • samsam
    So Fucking Banned
    • Jun 2002
    • 682

    #2
    Which is better... 128 Kbps or 192 Kbps ????

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    • salesman
      Confirmed User
      • Mar 2003
      • 1534

      #3
      I prefer VBR, better as 128 is 192 and better than 192 is 256, ...

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      • LB-69
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        • Nov 2005
        • 1322

        #4
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        192 is good enough, the minimum should be 160. 128 is shitty quality.
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        • prezzz
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          • Jul 2004
          • 959

          #5
          No less than 192k IMO - at least if you're listening to the music on a decent stereo system.

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          • notabook
            Confirmed User
            • Apr 2006
            • 9748

            #6
            128 minimum with cheap speakers, 192 for decent speakers. If space is a concern VBR 110-150kbps would be best option.

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            • biftek
              So Fucking Banned
              • Jan 2005
              • 1030

              #7
              i encode all mine at 224 ,mainly because i use them for my radio show too ,

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              • Jace
                FBOP Class Of 2013
                • Jan 2004
                • 35562

                #8
                LOL, you all are hilarious

                128 is fine, 128kbps is cd quality

                unless you have some amazing sound system in your house or car, you aren't going to notice the difference

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                • notabook
                  Confirmed User
                  • Apr 2006
                  • 9748

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Jace
                  LOL, you all are hilarious

                  128 is fine, 128kbps is cd quality

                  unless you have some amazing sound system in your house or car, you aren't going to notice the difference
                  That's true for most people, definitely not all. I'm not even close to being an audiophile but I can tell a vast difference between 128 and 192 MP3's. I have a fairly shitty sound setup as well (cheap ass 5.1).

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                  • luvlyn
                    Confirmed User
                    • Oct 2006
                    • 498

                    #10
                    20 kbps makes about 500kb wma, good in computers but not in ipods
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                    • Jace
                      FBOP Class Of 2013
                      • Jan 2004
                      • 35562

                      #11
                      Originally posted by notabook
                      That's true for most people, definitely not all. I'm not even close to being an audiophile but I can tell a vast difference between 128 and 192 MP3's. I have a fairly shitty sound setup as well (cheap ass 5.1).
                      well, I have been in the sound business since I was 18, and I can tell you one thing, it isn't 100% about the kbps, you have to also take into consideration the encoding tools used...if you use shitty software you can have a 192 sound like a 96

                      I have friends that are die hard 320kbps for anything they download....we all dj the same music at the same clubs on different nights, and no one (even them) can tell that I am using the 128 over their 320

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                      • notabook
                        Confirmed User
                        • Apr 2006
                        • 9748

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Jace
                        well, I have been in the sound business since I was 18, and I can tell you one thing, it isn't 100% about the kbps, you have to also take into consideration the encoding tools used...if you use shitty software you can have a 192 sound like a 96

                        I have friends that are die hard 320kbps for anything they download....we all dj the same music at the same clubs on different nights, and no one (even them) can tell that I am using the 128 over their 320
                        True enough. I've always had a knack for picking up subtle differences in music though. Like those 'tonedeaf' tests, where they play a sound file then play another sound file that is slightly different, I would always get 100% correct. The really funny thing is I almost hate music, I don't own a single music CD. For the longest time I didn?t even have a radio in my car because I just simply wouldn?t use it LOL. The only music I've ever found to my liking is Europop (as gay as that may be).

                        I guess it?s sorta like how many people can?t see more than 32fps, and how most can?t see past 64fps? yet many fighter pilots have been observed in tests seeing way beyond 64fps. Weird chit.

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                        • Jace
                          FBOP Class Of 2013
                          • Jan 2004
                          • 35562

                          #13
                          Originally posted by notabook
                          True enough. I've always had a knack for picking up subtle differences in music though. Like those 'tonedeaf' tests, where they play a sound file then play another sound file that is slightly different, I would always get 100% correct. The really funny thing is I almost hate music, I don't own a single music CD. For the longest time I didn?t even have a radio in my car because I just simply wouldn?t use it LOL. The only music I've ever found to my liking is Europop (as gay as that may be).

                          I guess it?s sorta like how many people can?t see more than 32fps, and how most can?t see past 64fps? yet many fighter pilots have been observed in tests seeing way beyond 64fps. Weird chit.
                          europop haha

                          wish I had your hearing though, mine is all jacked up most of the time

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                          • notabook
                            Confirmed User
                            • Apr 2006
                            • 9748

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Jace
                            europop haha

                            wish I had your hearing though, mine is all jacked up most of the time
                            Man when I was a kid my ears stayed fucked up, I had so many buttons put in there. When I hit my teens it all went away and I could hear awesome. Then my eyesight got horrible LMAO. It?s as if one sense got traded for the other one. Now I hear great and can?t see worth a shit, if I don?t wear these fucking 1lb coke-bottle glasses I can?t see anything but one big blur.

                            I'd trade better eyesight for my hearing any day of the week

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                            • Jace
                              FBOP Class Of 2013
                              • Jan 2004
                              • 35562

                              #15
                              Originally posted by notabook
                              Man when I was a kid my ears stayed fucked up, I had so many buttons put in there. When I hit my teens it all went away and I could hear awesome. Then my eyesight got horrible LMAO. It?s as if one sense got traded for the other one. Now I hear great and can?t see worth a shit, if I don?t wear these fucking 1lb coke-bottle glasses I can?t see anything but one big blur.

                              I'd trade better eyesight for my hearing any day of the week
                              ha, you sound like me

                              I had tubes in my ears growing up and constant ear infections, and add the coke bottle glasses on top of that, well, I was a sick dork

                              I got the eyes fixed last year though, LASIK is wonderful....I was just on the edge of not being able to have it done though, if my eyes were much worse they wouldn't have been able to go through with it

                              now I just have to get my ears fixed up, it is mostly infectiions and constant wax that get me, if I went in every time I was supposed to to get them checked I would have so much better hearing

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