[vorbis] Vorbis native Ripper-decoder-encoder

[Lance Paine]

Subject: Re: [vorbis] Vorbis native Ripper-decoder-encoder

> > Yes, I think that's really the issue here. The point is not that poor
> > equipment renders artifacts inaudible, but that some people don't know
> >what to listen for.
>
TONY:
> Sort of off topic, but has anyone noticed that older MP3 encoders procuded
> a high-piched beeping whine in their resulting bitstreams?  Many of the
> people I know have such MP3s and listen to them on a regular basis.  These
> artifcacts are so blatently audible that I can hear them through a shut
> door, yet it seems a lot of people either don't know what to listen for or
> have a different physiology which prevents them from hearing them.
>
Lance:
Oh yes. Most ppl I know can't even hear the whooshy sound, and that high
pitched whine that comes through especially with things like Smash Mouth, No
doubt, ska kinda stuff. Mind you, I know a lot of ppl happy to listen to 96
kbps files and think they sound great, *sigh*

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