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Poll Question: Another simple poll. Can you tell the difference between CDs and MP3?
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    Posted: January 27 2006 at 06:28
Another simple poll. Can you tell the difference between CDs and MP3?


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Points: 20522 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 27 2006 at 06:39

It's a little too simple for me - but fair enough. Of course any sane person will choose "CD sounds better".
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even at 320kbps there is a striking difference given that you listen to it with the right equipment
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^ computer boxes for 50 EUR (Logitech) or iPod/Creative Zen with quality Sony in-ear phones?

There may be a small difference, but sorry - it doesn't affect the perception of the music, at least not for me. Even at 192kbps I rarely ever notice the compression ... and then only with cymbals/crash sounds.

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CD sounds better of course
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Originally posted by Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Lohan wrote:

even at 320kbps there is a striking difference given that you listen to it with the right equipment

not necessarily IMO, you have to have the right ear.

anyway, CD sounds much better. anyway, there are other formats that can do better than mp3's today, like .wma, .mpc and also Apple's AAC which isn't bad at all.

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Cd definitely, though I personally use Sony's  ATRAC3plus 64 kps on my HDD walkman. There is a difference of course but fine on the move. I tried sync-ing it with my hi-fi and there is a difference. I'd say in the warmth and definition of the music. But perfectly acceptable seeing as how I've got 350 ish albums on the HDD and its only half full!!

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MP3 sounds better!
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CD of course

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Originally posted by craig4 craig4 wrote:

MP3 sounds better!


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Actually it would be interesting to make a listening test between 320kbps mp3 and CD. I'm sure  that most people could not tell them appart even on a good system.
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I've never done a listening test comparing the two on the same equipment before, but I only know that to my ears, I stop hearing a difference after 160kbps. I won't listen to 128kbps MP3's as the cymbals sound pretty nasty to me. 
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Originally posted by porter porter wrote:

like .wma

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Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Actually it would be interesting to make a listening test between 320kbps mp3 and CD. I'm sure that most people could not tell them appart even on a good system.


Remove "even on a good system", and this statment is true!
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^ so you agree that the 320kbps mp3 file sounds as good as the CD? I would not have expected you to say that ...
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Originally posted by craig4 craig4 wrote:

MP3 sounds better!

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The cold hard truth is that, without a decent system, most of us can't tell the difference. My CD's sound great on the stereo in the front room (complete with Bose 901's). Everything sounds pretty much the same on the $5.00 PC speakers where I usually listen to music.
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CDs sound better!

If you listen carefully enough, you don't need a good system to tell the diference between them (even at 320kbps). As MikeEnRegalia said, it doesn't affect the perception of the music. It does, however, affect the perception of the sound.

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CD does sound better but i prefer listening to MP3s through the computer.
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