Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here
User User name Password  
  Not registered yet? Register here.
Lost your password? Click here. 		 
  Home   News   Guides   Downloads   Glossary   Hardware   Profiles   Forums   v4  
 Advertise at AfterDawn.com     Link to us!     Private messages     Compose a private message     List of all updated threads     Threads without replies     Search messages
Wednesday 13.8.2025 / 18:03
Search AfterDawn Forums:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > forums > digital audio > audio > various cd questions...
Show topics
 
Forums
Forums
Various CD questions...
  Jump to:
 
Posted Message
opiate522
Newbie
_ 		7. March 2006 @ 16:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Sorry if these are asked...I'm a newb.

When ripping a disc to mp3, what levels can you actually hear poorer quality? Is there much diference between 320, 256 & 128?

Also, I heard the standard size if a factory CD is 128kb a song....true?

And if that is true, could you actually somehow enhance the quality if you burn it to a larger size?

Anyone have a great all you can know about CDs & burning site?
[ + quote]
mg5pro
Member
_ 		7. March 2006 @ 17:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi.Yes there is a diference.Higher the bitrate better the sound.And no, the factory standar songs are not 128kb.It is higher.
[ + quote]
Digidave
Member
_ 		7. March 2006 @ 19:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If you don't care about the size of the file, I would stick with 256kps. You may hear a difference if you go down to 192kbs. When you get down to 128kbs you'll hear a big difference, in my opinion. It really is a matter of taste. Once you rip a song to 128kbs you can never get the quality back. Even if you reencode it to 256kbs. What you heard about factory CD's is completely false. An adequate explanation would be to long & lengthy for these forums & I don't type well enough to try.
[ + quote]
Advertisement
_ 		__
 
_
djscoop
AfterDawn Addict
_ 		7. March 2006 @ 20:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
128kbps CBR is definately not CD quality. You want at least 192, preferable 256kbps to get good quality. you also want to use VBR (variable bitrate) over CBR (constant bitrate).

The best (and free) ripper there is is called EAC (exact audio copy). When used with the LAME mp3 encoder, you will create the best quality mp3s possible.

We have a guide on how to use and setup EAC, it is below in my sig.
[ + quote]
"I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive" - Albert Einstein

For the best quality mp3s use EAC (exact audio copy) to rip your audio CDs and LAME to encode them. Follow this guide:
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/mydeneaclame.cfm
afterdawn.com > forums > digital audio > audio > various cd questions...
 

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | AfterDawn in Norwegian | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2025 by AfterDawn Ltd.

  IDG TechNetwork