The title says it all. I know they're just having a bit of fun with the name, but it seems to imply that such quality is basically not needed. Why is that?
asked Nov 24, 2017 at 20:35
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1I challenge you to try a blind A-B test and see if you can hear the difference in quality.– 200_successNov 25, 2017 at 8:07
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To the people who are down voting. Please leave a comment I don’t know why this is a low quality question. It sure would be nice to know.– xerotolerantNov 25, 2017 at 16:25
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@xerotolerant: thanks. I'm also curious. If I can make the question better I'm happy to.– Michael StachowskyNov 25, 2017 at 17:31
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1mp3 is outdated, you should really be using something like ogg which gives you higher definition in the same bitrate and plays on nearly anything.– user43681Nov 25, 2017 at 21:53
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2@MichaelStachowsky Also while lossy formats are fine for listening, if you plan to record your own music, store the files in a lossless format (wav, flac) at least all the way from recording to the final mixdown.– user43681Nov 26, 2017 at 9:32
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Because there's hardly any audible improvement past 196 kbps, so 320 is an unjustifiable ("insane") waste of disk space. Many listeners have measured this for themselves with an ABX test.
answered Jul 12, 2019 at 17:17
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Quite an old question, but no one has really put down the answer yet. Thanks! Jul 12, 2019 at 17:28
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1@MichaelStachowsky the name actually comes not from audacity, but from preset of lame, which is mp3 encoder used by audacity. May 8 at 23:19