Fairly lackluster article.
Not all .mp3's are created equally and can vary in how lossy they are based on the bitrate.
If you care enough to want to hear exactly what the artist wants you to hear, you just listen to the lossless version.
Not all .mp3's are created equally and can vary in how lossy they are based on the bitrate.
If you care enough to want to hear exactly what the artist wants you to hear, you just listen to the lossless version.
No kidding. There are a decent number of options to pick for quality of mp3. VBR/CBR, bitrate, joint/stereo/mono, and so on. I personally just pick something that sounds fairly close to the original. But that only really matters for me when it is side by side. Give me a few days between picking and I can not really tell anymore.