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matt_90048 · 03-20-07, 07:08 PM

thank you for your reply. seems many people either choose to ignore this topic or just like me don't know much about audio quality.

I read the link you sent me. And I also did a little bit of research myself, I found at WIKI the following:

'AllOfMP3 has been criticized for its use of transcoding to deliver custom encoded files[citation needed]. Transcoding in audio involves the re-encoding of an already compressed file, and is known to diminish audio quality and introduce compression artifacts; files ordered under AllOfMP3's "Online Encoding" service are transcoded from a 384kbit/s free format to the format of the user's choice. Most listeners cannot hear the encoding artifacts, however some believe that the recompression artifacts can make the audio "grating."'

So I guess to be more specific, my question is whether transcoding from 384kbit/s free format to 320 mp3 format going to produce significantly lower quality of music as compared to ripping a CD directly into 320 mp3 format?

03-20-07, 07:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
matt_90048 Aximsite Minor League Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 182 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	thank you for your reply. seems many people either choose to ignore this topic or just like me don't know much about audio quality. I read the link you sent me. And I also did a little bit of research myself, I found at WIKI the following: 'AllOfMP3 has been criticized for its use of transcoding to deliver custom encoded files[citation needed]. Transcoding in audio involves the re-encoding of an already compressed file, and is known to diminish audio quality and introduce compression artifacts; files ordered under AllOfMP3's "Online Encoding" service are transcoded from a 384kbit/s free format to the format of the user's choice. Most listeners cannot hear the encoding artifacts, however some believe that the recompression artifacts can make the audio "grating."' So I guess to be more specific, my question is whether transcoding from 384kbit/s free format to 320 mp3 format going to produce significantly lower quality of music as compared to ripping a CD directly into 320 mp3 format?