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Most of us here have good car audio equip... yet we listen to mp3s...pfft.
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<blockquote data-quote="whitedragon551" data-source="post: 7151881" data-attributes="member: 608181"><p>Any MP3, if its properly encoded, from 224kbps and up will sound exactly the same as a lossless format to the human ear. We can only detect changes under 224kbps. So a properly encoded 320kbps MP3 you will not hear a single difference in SQ. But naturally the keywords are properly encoded. The issue is finding a source that knows what they are doing. I find it best to grab a FLAC copy of what I want and then encode to a 320Kbps MP3 that way I know it was personally done right.</p><p></p><p>There are differences in DAC's though and that may be were the SQ quality changes. I use my iPod Touch for my MP3 source. You want to make sure the internal iPod EQ is off or as flat as possible. Only about 20 or so headunits bypass the internal iPod DAC's and they are inferior to the the HU. Some early iPods had better DAC's than the current ones so they naturally sound better and the differences can be seen on an O-Scope.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="whitedragon551, post: 7151881, member: 608181"] Any MP3, if its properly encoded, from 224kbps and up will sound exactly the same as a lossless format to the human ear. We can only detect changes under 224kbps. So a properly encoded 320kbps MP3 you will not hear a single difference in SQ. But naturally the keywords are properly encoded. The issue is finding a source that knows what they are doing. I find it best to grab a FLAC copy of what I want and then encode to a 320Kbps MP3 that way I know it was personally done right. There are differences in DAC's though and that may be were the SQ quality changes. I use my iPod Touch for my MP3 source. You want to make sure the internal iPod EQ is off or as flat as possible. Only about 20 or so headunits bypass the internal iPod DAC's and they are inferior to the the HU. Some early iPods had better DAC's than the current ones so they naturally sound better and the differences can be seen on an O-Scope. [/QUOTE]
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