WaywardTraveller Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 This might be a newbie question, but I'm one of those lucky few who don't usually have any problems with SS 4.2.I'm ripping a whole bunch of Metallica B-sides, singles, etc. to an MD...they're all A3+256, but I need to bump down the bitrate on a couple of tracks to, say, 192kbps to fit them all on one disc. If I convert on-the-fly from 256 to 192 during transfer, would the sound quality be the same as re-ripping the original CD source as 192? Just wondering, since if they're the same it would save me re-ripping tracks I already have as 256kbps on my computer. Has anyone compared?peaceWaywardTraveller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pata2001 Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 In general, transcoding form a lossy to lossy ocmpression (like what you're doing) is bad, and not recommended. Technically you can only get a reduction in quality. Whether the reduciton of quality is noticable by you or not is another story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poe Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 I have done this quite a few times in the past. For general listening it's not to bad. The results will be better than LP4 or HILP, I'd say maybe like LP2. POE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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