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Undertoad · 02-23-2012, 06:54 PM

Lemme tell you, a few years ago I took my entire collection of about 800 CDs and ripped them to FLAC, which is exactly the CD in audio quality;

Then I converted the FLAC files to MP3 at various rates.

I A-B tested tons of different things, on speakers and different headphones.

Above a certain quality of mp3 (128 kpbs) I could not tell a dime's wortha difference between any of 'em.

Spotify has low and high quality streaming settings, so you can choose whether to save bandwidth or save your ears. IME the high-quality is CD-quality and the low quality is... kinda acceptable. I understand the high quality is 320kpbs OGG format. That's top notch.

02-23-2012, 06:54 PM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Lemme tell you, a few years ago I took my entire collection of about 800 CDs and ripped them to FLAC, which is exactly the CD in audio quality; Then I converted the FLAC files to MP3 at various rates. I A-B tested tons of different things, on speakers and different headphones. Above a certain quality of mp3 (128 kpbs) I could not tell a dime's wortha difference between any of 'em. Spotify has low and high quality streaming settings, so you can choose whether to save bandwidth or save your ears. IME the high-quality is CD-quality and the low quality is... kinda acceptable. I understand the high quality is 320kpbs OGG format. That's top notch.