Re: 128kbps is not cd quality
  By: August Abolins to Jason Vierik on Wed Jun 18 2003 09:17 pm

 >  JV> Nope..  I am 100 percent right...  I have used, and still use
 >  JV> professional encoding software..  When you encode an MP3 from a WAV
 >  JV> file, the default it 128kbps..  That is CD Quality..  1 megabyte per
 > minute,
 >  JV>  a WAV file, which is the standard found on regular audio CD's is 10 me
 > per
 >  JV> minute.
 > 
 > 128kbps is NOT cd-quality.  HOWEVER... some rip programs will say
"CD Qualit
 > (128kbps)", but that is MISLEADING.
 > 
 > 128kbps is only approximately one tenth of the original sound content compar
 > to a standard sound file playing from an actual audio CD, and you even know
 > that yourself.
 > 
 > If you play a standard audio CD, you will note that the sound file will disp
 > at 1411kbps - and THAT is CD Quality!  ;)
 > 
 > That is why 128kbps .MP3 versions of audio rips became popular over the net;
 > the files were only 1 tenth the size of an "original" .WAV
extraction from a
 > original audio CD.   And being only only 1 tenth of an unadulterated sound
 > file, 128kbps is nowhere near "cd quality".

Nope..  You are wrong..  MP3 uses compression..   1 tenth of 10 megs per minute
is 1 meg per minute..  thats 128kbps..  An equal to CD quality MP3 is 128kbps,
anyone who downloads anymore than that is wasting space, thus eliminating the
need for MP3 compression..  The whole point of having MP3's is the same quality
in 1 tenth the space.

1411kbps at 10 megs per minute divided by 10 (1 tenth compression) = 141.1 
after you factor in the compression loss, you get approx 128, WHICH IS CD
QUALITY!!!!!


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