Hi,
(Sorry for English, but sadly I don't speak Russian)
Lately I've noticed a trend where most people ask for 320 kbps CBR, and most releasers also use 320 kbps CBR. I don't understand why, VBR is much more optimal. In fact, I don't see any reason to use CBR, at all. If you want best possible quality, you should use FLAC. If you settle with lossy quality and use mp3, VBR -V 0 offers as high quality as CBR 320 kbps with smaller file size (easily 10-20% smaller, but varies depending on music).
So, do people have misconceptions about CBR and VBR or what? Those might come from the past, where it was true that VBR was slightly worse than CBR, but that hasn't been true for LAME for many years (I've noticed some releasers still use LAME 3.93 or something, which is from the year 2002... very old software). LAME 3.99 has much improved VBR algorithms, and truth is, there's zero quality difference, probably even theoretically. Practically it's most likely impossible to tell the difference between even VBR -V 2 and CBR 320, and same might apply for even lower bitrates.
Basically, music tends to be dynamic, which means some parts don't require as much information to store as other parts. Which means CBR wastes space.
It's not lately, it's always. Some people don`t trust psychoacoustic algorithms of vbr but trust psychoacoustic algorithms of cbr of same mp3 codec. And furthermore same people select codec witch dont cuts spectre >16kHz instead of codec that cuts >16kHz and uses spare bits for lower spectre quality enhance. It's just some mental "insurance" although max quality of sample can`t exeed 320kbits in mp3 of both cases and all exeeded details will be cut anyway. Just ignore it. We discussed that topic several times in russian and many people do this anyway. Space now is cheap for vbr-cbr difference and not so cheap for cbr-lossles difference.
I myself use lossless if I need "original" quality and almost any mp3 otherwise.
The odd thing that differentiates 320 here is that spectra are posted for 320 encodes but not usually for vbr or lower quality rips. It'd be nice if spectra were mandatory in all releases irrespective of quality.
я в принципе не удивлен всей этой рождаемой пользователями чуши. но есть один прецидент который вызывает вопрос. почему на этом сайте некоторые записи звучат лучше, чем ваши 320 я проанализироавал по звуку много bm альбомов. arkona/pantheon/siegneur voland(частично), Countess И объясните мне почему многие из записей звучат здесь с придавленным звуком а там с отрытым. если вы не верите я приведу примеры. это звучит громче и лучше чем выкладывал здесь добрый кот 320 https://myzuka.fm/Song/2097127/Pantheon-Lightning-Thunder-Propaganda -- и это далеко не единственный пример. это не прапоганда, но вопрос по звуку.
Sky7Daemon, 'cos we are swines with pearls, my friend.
Вот интересный пример 192 на 192
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я допускаю что здесь может быть апконверт из 128. но учитывая слишком большое количество примеров. я сомневаюсь. почти вся дискография польских Arkona, Moontower, Graveland/ Pantheon и многих других банд звучит лучше (вне зависимости от 192-320) чем здесь и где либо в сети --- почему так?
For vbr rips, I notice the volume levels drop and rise by itself and it is damn annoying when listening very loudly.
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