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[โ€“] 46 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Conversely low res audio clearly sounds like trash.

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  • [โ€“] 31 points 2 years ago* (6 children)

    Up to a certain point, yes. >192k AAC / OGG / Opus sounds just as good as FLAC in a blind test, though. Even with good equipment.

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  • [โ€“] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yeah, I'm thinking of circa 2000 MP3s. 128k was the good stuff and lower was still common.

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  • [โ€“] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Oh yeah. 128k rips from back then were rough. MP3 has gotten somewhat better since then, to be fair. V0/V1 VBR is still perfectly fine to listen to; it's just not as efficient as the newer codecs.

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