RE: more on mp3s and ogg
On 12-Aug-2002 Neal Lippman wrote:
> Thanks to all who responded. My first pass went quite well: I used cdparanoia
> to grab the first track off a CD (Elton John's Greatest Hits, Vol 3, if you
> are curious) and then oggenc to encode it. Via FreeAmp, I really cannot hear
> the difference between the two (.wav and .ogg) files, at least not with my
> cheapo computer speakers (I guess I need to invest in some better speakers
> now). Since the .wav is 50MB, and the ogg is 3MB, any reduction in sound
> quality is worth the space savings!
>
you need decent, not great speakers to hear the differences. Most computer
speakers and personal headphones do not qualify. Neither do most car speakers
for that matter.
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