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What Sounds Better, MP3 or Ogg?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-can't-really-tell dept.

I've never been able to make a clear decision on the subject. These days I rip all my CDs to MP3 at 160kbs which means about 80 megs for a longer album. With a 100g drive on order ($220. I remember paying more then that for .1% of that space) disk space isn't really the defining issue, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna rip everything at 300kbs just because I can. I'm curious what people think sounds better, and what bit rates they find to be acceptable for both casual listening, and more picky listening. Don't forget to mention what sort of equipment your listening on so we know where you are coming from.

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  1. Re:Ogg by Elwood+P+Dowd · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can't imagine that the RIAA would ever let someone make a hardware MP3 player that's reprogrammable. They were upset enough that you could download the MP3s back off the RIO device, even when it wasn't supported by RIO. Imagine what those Free Software wackos will do if they can reprogram the whole unit. It'd be anarchy.

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  2. Re:Bit Rates by BorgDrone · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just saw a nice quote today: "audiophiles are people who listen to the audio equipment, not the music"

  3. Sounds better? by kreyg · · Score: 3, Funny

    I like MP3. The "EM" is a nice hard sound to start with, and transitions nicely into the rhyming "pee" and "three" to lead into the next word.

    "Ogg" just makes me feel like I'm choking on a donut.

    :-)

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