Field Recording» sky http://www.happyorange.org.uk Field recording, aircraft, sound and technology Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:37:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 48Kbps AAC+ and 160Kbps OGG Vorbis Testing http://www.happyorange.org.uk/2009/48kbps-aac-and-160kbps-ogg-vorbis-testing/ http://www.happyorange.org.uk/2009/48kbps-aac-and-160kbps-ogg-vorbis-testing/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:57:19 +0000 jhuckle http://www.happyorange.org.uk/?p=767 Using a small sample group, CNET have concluded that that people cannot tell the difference between Sky’s streaming audio at 48Kbps AAC+ and Spotify’s use of 160Kbps OGG Vorbis.

I spend a lot of time any money making sure I get equipment that records at the highest rates and greatest depth – much of this definition is then thrown away when distilling down into mp3.

Reading about what other recordists think and do, recording at inaudible frequencies is to enable a record to be made that can be used in the future using future tools and devices – considering this and the fact that compressed audio is ‘stickier’ (easily stored, easily interpreted), what is the point of high quality?

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