The difference hit home for me with the triangles on the Grateful Dead's
"Unbroken Chain", from the "Mars Hotel" album. The flac version I created
from my CD copy sounded fine. The MP3 sounded like I was listening to a
square wave. Higher bit rate made a big difference, Ogg Vorbis was better
at the same bitrate.

Steve


Steve Greene
Audiovisual Archivist
Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
National Archives and Records Administration
(301) 837-1772

On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Eli Bildirici <
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> Even 'passable' I guess should be qualified - depending on the person,
> genre, equipment etc. The caveats Steve Greene mentioned go double for
> 128kbps seems like (tried a track just now, by accident - 'But Not For Me'
> from Coltrane's 'My Favorite Things'.). But if I wasn't listening for it,
> or if I was just listening through phone speakers or a PA system, would I
> have picked it out?
>