<![CDATA[WeeklyBeats.com - Audio Quality]]> 2012-02-02T11:16:30Z PunBB https://weeklybeats.com/forums/topic/5468/audio-quality/ <![CDATA[Re: Audio Quality]]> hmm. so it sounds more muffled when dithered? that doesnt make sense.

]]> https://weeklybeats.com/phil+harmonic 2012-02-02T11:16:30Z https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82853/#p82853 <![CDATA[Re: Audio Quality]]> fyi audiophiles...

i cant find much literature on browser specs unfortunately but a little experiment i did...

* decode rate of mp3 is 44khz/16bit
* soundcard (WDM mixer output device) set to 44khz/16bit - normally i would output to ASIO device for uber quality
* foobar2000 player output set to 44khz/16bit
* i assume browser follows windows system/WDM mixer bitrates

so all things being equal...

there is an option in foobar to 'dither audio' when i have that off (as i would prefer things, native digital bit-for-bit reproduction) foobar sounds 'crisper' in the top end.

when i turn it on however, it sounds practically the same as the browser - so at this stage (with my subjective testing) i am assuming the browser is dithering the output audio.

question answered?   TBC...

]]> https://weeklybeats.com/paul+wright 2012-02-02T10:03:32Z https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82852/#p82852 <![CDATA[Re: Audio Quality]]> oh whoops

]]> https://weeklybeats.com/george+bowles 2012-01-30T01:47:55Z https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82773/#p82773 <![CDATA[Re: Audio Quality]]> The files used in the playback are the exact ones you upload. if you are using something like itunes to preview a track be aware that programs like that have a "sound enhancer" option that is checked by default.

]]> https://weeklybeats.com/trash80 2012-01-29T22:02:00Z https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82760/#p82760 <![CDATA[Re: Audio Quality]]> streaming audio sounds like crap... reason why I don't like stuff like spotify, etc

]]> https://weeklybeats.com/george+bowles 2012-01-29T19:38:06Z https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82759/#p82759 <![CDATA[Re: Audio Quality]]> Maybe the Itunes "soundcheck"?

]]> https://weeklybeats.com/pocaille 2012-01-29T05:06:13Z https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82736/#p82736 <![CDATA[Re: Audio Quality]]> I'm under the impression that whatever you upload is whatever gets streamed, the limit is filesize rather than duration or bitrate. The only thing I can think of the explains the phenomenon is that if you play the mp3 in your media player (Winamp, iTunes, Media Player, etc) there is LIKELY to be some EQ colouring performed by the software, which isn't happening with the streaming version.

]]> https://weeklybeats.com/fc 2012-01-29T03:44:43Z https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82735/#p82735 <![CDATA[Re: Audio Quality]]> I imagine it makes them 128kbs, but I dunno really. tongue

]]> https://weeklybeats.com/judgement+act 2012-01-29T00:21:15Z https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82729/#p82729 <![CDATA[Audio Quality]]> so I've noticed that the quality of mp3's played natively on my PC vs through the browser (I've tested ie, ff, chrome) always seems diminished through the browser.

so much so - that upon hearing them through the browser after uploading to weeklybeats i've oft been inclined to remove, remaster and reupload them so they sound better (maybe a good thing)

can anyone comment on the loss of audio quality?

does wb.com transcode after upload? is it a browser format thing?

]]> https://weeklybeats.com/paul+wright 2012-01-28T12:39:15Z https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82714/#p82714