Can mp3 quality be improved?
"Audio Empire" wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:47:12 -0800, bob wrote
(in article ):
On Dec 11, 5:08=A0pm, "Chuck Finley" wrote:
I bought an Escient music server several years ago when hard drive space
was
still relatively expensive. Most of my music on there is encoded at 320
and
192. Reviews of DACs typically discuss how they can improve the sound of
CD
quality or hi-rez music, but I'm wondering what effect they would have
on
compressed music. Would some kind of up-sampling device have to be added
to
the DAC for this? Thanks.
Once an MP3 is made, the loss in sound quality is permanent. No way to
restore it.
That said, most of the time for most listeners, even a 192 kbps MP3
will be indistinguishable from a CD. So you haven't lost as much as
you think you have.
Also, don't read DAC reviews. They're essentially creative writing
exercises.
bob
I disagree with that. DACs differ quite a bit in their sound.
They can, as long as you stay clear of well-done bias-controlled tests.
If you don't think they do, then you probably haven't DBT'ed a DAC such as
a MSB DAC IV
against a Musical Fidelity V-DAC or a dCS Debussy against a Benchmark
DAC1
or a Music Streamer II!
I was unaware of such serious technical failings in such expensive hardware.
They all sound quite different.
It is axiomatic that DACs can only sound different if they have serious
technical flaws.
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