Difference Between Hi-Res and MP3
When I tried to listen to Hi-Res (lossless) and MP3 on a site called “TIDAL”, only 2 out of 5 questions were correct…
It was quite shocking to make a mistake on the James Blake song. ..
* It is written that it is not possible to distinguish between PC speaker output and cheap headphones, so please try a good quality sound card or headphones.
To test you need to connect your audio system via Airplay or DAC or use good headphones. The test will not give accurate results through the computer’s built-in speakers or through low-quality headphones.
There are 5 songs in total. After each song is loaded, press A and B to listen and compare. When you’re done listening, select the one you think is lossless (when you select it, playback will start over) and press the “THIS IS HIFI” button below. Go to the next song and repeat, and when you finish the fifth song, the answer page will be displayed.
What is the best format?
The answer is hi-res when it comes to which is better, hi-res (lossless) sound source or compressed sound source (MP3/AAC, etc.). But I think 320kbps MP3s are enough.
The problem with Hi-Res Audio sources is capacity, about 50MB for WAV (CD format) for about 5 minute songs, and about 35MB for FLAC. But a 320k MP3 will shrink to about 10MB. It’s only 3.5 times (WAV is 5 times), but 3.5 times, FLAC consumes 350MB for 10 songs, 35GB for 1000 songs and 350GB for 10000 songs! This puts a heavy load on the internal HDD and external HDD. Also, the smaller the capacity, the faster the transfer to the portable music player.
The number of portable music players stored is just 3.5 times higher with MP3, but I don’t think it is necessary to put a lot of songs in the portable music player (500 songs is enough). I can’t listen to it even though it carries thousands of songs, and I feel that the style of listening to the seasonal songs at that time is a better way to listen. It’s the same as the idea of doing.
So I’d like to have 32GB for hi-res portable music players, and if it’s 128GB or half the capacity, I’d like them to put up to 1TB of storage capacity that beats the iPod Classic (320GB) (can be big). from).
It is not the case that MP3s are chosen for capacity alone. Capacity is a functional issue, and the number one reason I feel good about MP3s is limited to “differences in sound quality”. As with the previous test, few people can usually tell the difference between high resolution and compression.
