Mp3s -> Small, Yet High Quality

[Cl1mh4224rd]

Originally posted by Amarjit@20 June 2003 - 22:45
MPEG Layer-3, 24 kHz, Stereo

Yeah, all you did was lower the sampling frequency. There is a loss of sound quality involved, but perhaps the song you chose didn't make it very obvious. Of course, what's the bitrate?

Read this for more info: MP3 Compression Standards; Sampling Frequency and Bit Depth.

[Rocktron]

QUALITY is what it's all about people!

Size does not matter in this case hehehe...

[chalkmongoose]

Actually, I have downloaded a 40 meg WAV file. It does sometimes improve sound quality, especially with classical music, which can render awfully in MP3 format.

[quasiantidisestablishmentarian]

The key is going mono. I've messed around with recording at really low bitrates and found that, if you do it in mono as opposed to stereo you can compress an hour of music into a 3mb file. You'll get a little extra noise but if you rase that so that it is about 10mb, you can't tell the difference between that and a regular CD. In my opinion mp3s could be smaller for all but the most serious audiophile.

[balamm]

I don't know how serious you'd have to be to prefer stereo to mono?
it's a bit flat and lifeless after generations of listening to 2 channel, 4 channel or even better.