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You just need to focus on percussion to get it right - it's much more complex frequency-wise.

I personally break even at V2.

You're right. That's what I ended up focusing on after a few listens and chose the correct answer, which could probably be attributed to being an ex pro drummer. Most people were probably focusing on the vocals, not at all attuned to what quality percussion sounds like, which is why more people chose the wrong answer. One might even go far as to say that more people think vocals sound better at 128 than 320.

That's also why I spent more than half my budget on percussion in equipping my ex garage band.

And that's also why you can see Jack White playing a $50 guitar and no drummer without some serious dough investment in their equipment.

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