Freed At Last From Patents, Does Anyone Still Care About MP3?
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I just use ogg vorbis and vp9 in webm container, also webp for images. No proprietary nonsense in this house.
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Except file size.
I convert everything from flac to mp3 before I put it on my phone. I'm lucky in that I can't tell the difference in quality at all. -
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I would say its more like 60hz refresh vs 90. The difference isn't super huge but when you notice it, you can't un-notice it, so it's almost better to stay ignorant to it.
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Having to rely on an internet connection for your main connection would be inconvenient as hell.
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If you are using the files played back at different tempos or keyshifted, the difference between lossy and lossless is a lot more apparent. For standard playback at normal pitch, mp3 is just fine.
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But think about the 5 MB they saved!
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I'm curious if you've tried listening to lossy compressed audio through a vacuum tube output stage? I use a cheap tube compressor with the attack and release turned to minimal and just a little bit of extra makeup gain so that the tube colors the audio a small amount. Think of it like sanding the layer lines of a 3d print, but for audio. It does introduce a small amount of hiss and colors the midrange a bit more prominently, but you can eq that out.
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Damn, I never even thought of the implications for compsci. That's gotta be an interesting challenge for profs these days.
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I personally enjoy PNG image format for my compressed web images, but I'll be damned if JPG isn't "good enough" while also being magnitudes smaller, especially when I have to start embedding things as base64 encoded text in outlook and teams at work, or when I don't want my screenshots folder at home taking 2TB of disk space (Spectacle can change image format).
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I've never had access to any tube equipment. I did listen to lossy audio from a late '80s Technics reciever which had a similar effect to what you describe. It made the music much more berable to listen to. I do most of my music consumption on my PC now. I do love the mixes used for vinyl records however, It makes me sad they're not available digitally. Most modern music is brickwalled sadly. I'll buy a few records now and again because of the dynamic sound. Sorry for the rant but I love dynamic recordings and I'm sad they're a rarity now outside of expensive vinyl records.
