[Ti] AAC redux...(OT)

[Tarik Bilgin]

On Tuesday, July 8, 2003, at 11:23  pm, Khyber Courchesne wrote:

> So.....its been a few months now since we've been able to AAC on our
> powerbooks.  In my opinion, a 128kbps AAC file does not sound as full 
> as a
> 160 kbps MP3 file.  We played a file of one song from each codec, as 
> well as
> straight from the CD, and the AAC file sounded (to paraphrase neil 
> young)
> like having ice cubes gushing out at you in the shower. Tinnier, 
> thinner,
> and cold.  But that's just me.  The MP3 sounded close to the warmth of 
> the
> CD.
>

In my non-scientific tests, using lame encoded mp3's versus AAC at an 
identical bitrate I found that AAC sounded much closer to the original 
(.aiff) in around 10 test cases.

I always test at equal bitrates. I found that the file sizes where 
about the same (AAC slightly smaller) but AAC sounded much fuller, with 
greater clarity and greater depth to the music.


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Tarik Bilgin
Opalblue
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