Guest Anonymous Posted January 28, 2003 Report Share Posted January 28, 2003 I am considering getting a minidisc or mp3/wma player, and wanted to know the difference in quality. How does LP2 mode compare to say 128kb/s wma? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 30, 2003 Report Share Posted January 30, 2003 read something somewhere (think it was minidisc.org not sure) :?: that there was some tests (dont think it was offical) :shock: that LP2 is like 123bps or somewhere around there. so it's a little bit below 128bps. if i can find the site again i'll post it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 30, 2003 Report Share Posted January 30, 2003 ok i found the site...maybe shouldve looked for it 1st instead of posting... :roll: seems it's a higher than i remembered...132kbps http://www.minidisc.org/mdlpfaq.html go to number 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daijoubu Posted January 30, 2003 Report Share Posted January 30, 2003 LP2 at 132kbps can sound as good as fhg 192kbps MP3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazirker Posted February 1, 2003 Report Share Posted February 1, 2003 agreed, atrac sounds better than almost all mp3's I've ever heard (although some mp3's come close if they are encoded using something like lame encoder.) I'm not very familiar with wma, but I still think atrac is better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leland Posted February 2, 2003 Report Share Posted February 2, 2003 I just got some new MP3's from Kazaa. Less than 192 bugs me. 160 is OK and 128 is tolerable only if that is the only source for a particular song I want. On the other hand, ATRAC3 (SP2) never really bugs me. It sounds good. Not as good as un compressed or native SP mode, but pretty good, and better than most MP3's. Just my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1001_NiGHTs Posted March 2, 2003 Report Share Posted March 2, 2003 hmm dont bother with wma.. it sounds very very tinny and lossy with anything below 128, which you can still here the artifacts at 128 anyway. LP2 sounds much better than any 128k mp3 and is comparable to a 192, and LP4 shows a definate difference from the original, although while you're out and about with your md sometimes it doesn't make a difference too much. But I'll say that stereo imaging is cut down a bt, thanx to joint stereo.... It really depends on how hard the incoming signal is to compress with the amount of bandwidth, the harder it is the more artifacts you'll find. Though I cant really tell you what sort is harder and what's easier to compress, just fiddle around I suppose. :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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