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AAC vs. OGG vs. MP3

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the let-the-battle-begin dept.

asv108 writes "Yesterday, Apple unveiled their new music service claiming that the AAC format "combines sound quality that rivals CD." Here is a little comparison of lossy music codecs, comparing an Apple ripped AAC file with the commonly used MP3 codec and the increasingly popular OGG codec. Spectrum analysis was used to see which format did the best job of maintaining the shape of the original waveform." Wish they had WMAs in there too. And for the spoilage, it looks like OGG comes out on top.

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  1. MOD PARENT DOWN - Wrong! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Did you read the article? It is talking about files ripped from a CD, not about files from Apple's new music service.

    To be fair, know what you're talking about!

  2. I'm an audio analyst... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ..at Real.

    In my experience, as much as I hate to admit this, the format best for sound are the various Windows Media Player formats, especially those that are supported by WMP 9.

    I've analyzed OGG, MP3, etc, and NONE of them come close to WMV.

    Sorry guys, but I'm an expert, and this is another area where open-source has fallen behind Microsoft.

    If someone would like to come up with a different format that can actually compete, I'd be happen to lend you my expertise and objectively analyze it for you.

  3. Re:You have no idea what you are talking about by RoLi · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    if you can hear any dropoff of information in a cd then you are superhuman because studies have been done with audio engineers using blind tests between DAT and cd and not one could consistantly pick one over the other.

    Finally we are progressing.

    So:

    Why is the non-audible loss on CD accepted but but some are hysterically telling that the equally non-audible loss on a good ogg-rip (or even mp3-rip at higher bitrates) are sooooo terrible?

  4. Re:Hard To Tell Difference by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    First of all, different people have different hearing acuity,

    Agreed.

    so if I notice a slight difference on a hifi deck, it might be noticeable to someone else on PC speakers.

    Highly doubtful.

    Secondly, the difference might not be enough to notice on a conscious level.

    Who wants to spend an hour meditating before listening to music so they can absorb the subconcious aspects of a 3 minute song?

    Thirdly, the music that I do the test on might only show a slight difference that only shows up on hifi, but other music might show a greater difference.

    If you care that much about music, then why not just listen to CD's or pure WAV form? Why mess with lossy compression at all?