From Mark Kolmar Sent Fri, Feb 26th 1999, 09:24
From Mark Kolmar Sent Fri, Feb 26th 1999, 09:24
On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Brock Suter wrote: > the converse, having the interviews in a higher quality format, such as > mp3 [...] It seems worth pointing out that at low bitrates RealAudio actually sounds better than MPEG. At higher bitrates, the fidelity of MP3 is much better. RealAudio has been specifically tailored to provide streaming audio of adequate quality over ordinary phone lines, whereas MP3 is intended to provide "near-CD" or "near-FM" quality with data compression of about 10:1 to 15:1. Try the G2 encoder at 11kbps or 16kbps, and then compare to an HQ MP3 at the same or similar rate. At rates a little higher than that, MP3 is superior. RealAudio still sounds bad, and MP3 absolutely is not CD quality -- but that's a different subject. --Mark __ Burning Rome : SENSELESS CD on Mindfield Records MindCD03 Cathartium 14 > Distributed by Dutch East India Trading, Com Four, and Carrot Top < < http://www.xnet.com/~mkolmar/BurningRome > < MP3 & RealAudio tracks >