[Ti] AAC redux...(OT)

[Tarik Bilgin]

On Wednesday, July 9, 2003, at 08:22  am, Tarik Bilgin wrote:

> 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.
>

I should also add that I was using an M-Audio Sonic Theater USB sound 
card for my Ti as the dynamic range of the line out from the side of my 
G4 400 Ti is shocking.

I suppose your mileage may vary. The big downside of AAC is the lack of 
compatibility with mp3 players, but I recently bought an iPod so I bit 
the bullet and am now encoding 192 bit AAC.

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Tarik Bilgin
Opalblue
tarik at opalblue.com