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mp3 vs wma vs ogg

NeoFlash	Date: September 8, 2002 @ 8:23 PM http://www.bestbuy.com/detail.asp?e=11120939&m=58&cat=59&sca t=246 It has great base, and sounds just like big speakers. So what is the best format to make cd quality sound without the size? mp3s at 128k are not cd quality. mp3 is old, but the most used, ogg is supposed to be very good, and wma is supposed to be super but with high frequency sounds, I will test this soon, but want to see what you guys think of it." id="17843">What's the best if you want to burn a cd for a very good sony boombox like http://www.bestbuy.com/detail.asp?e=11120939&m=58&cat=59&sca t=246 It has great base, and sounds just like big speakers. So what is the best format to make cd quality sound without the size? mp3s at 128k are not cd quality. mp3 is old, but the most used, ogg is supposed to be very good, and wma is supposed to be super but with high frequency sounds, I will test this soon, but want to see what you guys think of it.
NeoFlash	Date: September 8, 2002 @ 9:19 PM I want something for cd quality that I can use on a small mp3 player with 128 mb space tops, in addition to something that is very loud with good base like that boombox.
pressf8	Date: September 8, 2002 @ 10:02 PM well, 128MB of real cd quality is going to get you about 16 songs. Ogg is good, haven't experimented with bit rates on it yet though. MP3 at 192kbps is hard to beat. WMA at 96 sounds decent--its what I ripped all my CDs at, but you can still hear some degredation on a good sound system.
mtbatol	Date: September 8, 2002 @ 11:47 PM ehh, if I rip anything as wma then it have to be wma8 @192kbps. But I just now mainly use mp3@ 224 LAME for my ripping.
RyanS	Date: September 9, 2002 @ 4:01 AM in my opinion, WMA blows! Lame-encoded mp3s @ 192 or higher are the best. Haven't really experimented with OGG yet, since it came out of beta, however, they sounded pretty damn good, too Exact Audio copy + Lame 3.92 using --alt-preset-extreme is very hard to beat!
RyanS	Date: September 9, 2002 @ 4:02 AM ..well you could use --alt-preset-insane (320kbps)..
Svensta	Date: September 9, 2002 @ 8:44 AM I'm with Ryan, I am NOT a fan of WMA. And you should be VERY careful with it, as the new 9.x version of WMP (Corona) is starting some phonehome/surveilance applets behind it's friendly demeanor. I haven't yet found a way to best 192kbps using Lame. Oh even higher bitrate if you don't care about size.
RyanS	Date: September 9, 2002 @ 2:44 PM lame.exe file instead of lame.dll. You'll have tons of presets to use. Most start with "--alt-preset-xxx (where xxx is the bitrate, or preset). --alt-preset-extreme is VBR, and it sounds kick ass! I use it with Exact Audio Copy and when just encoding alone, I use RazorLame" id="17929">Sven, use the lame.exe file instead of lame.dll. You'll have tons of presets to use. Most start with "--alt-preset-xxx (where xxx is the bitrate, or preset). --alt-preset-extreme is VBR, and it sounds kick ass! I use it with Exact Audio Copy and when just encoding alone, I use RazorLame
NeoFlash	Date: September 9, 2002 @ 3:18 PM WMA is microsoft, thus has some tracking crap in it. I have zonealarm and don't let any win32 or windows crap go online. If ogg was more widespread, it KILLS mp3s. Dmusic, read this!! Start encouraging people to get an ogg player on the front page! If you use ogg, you'll save ********* of server space, and get better quality music!
RyanS	Date: September 9, 2002 @ 3:30 PM Switching to ogg would be bad idea, since it's not as mainstream as mp3 is. Granted, most software players now support ogg, but what hardware players do? Very few. Why should I have to buy a brand new player just so I can play ogg files, when I'm happy with what I have now? When encoded correctly, MP3 is the shit. Just have to convice everyone who use Xing or Blade to switch to Lame or FhG to encode their mp3s, since those encoders are old and sound like
NeoFlash	Date: September 9, 2002 @ 3:35 PM Musicmatch is tons better. cddb, digital error correction when I tested it actrually takes the skips OUT of the original cd. I have been very hesitant to buy a player that doesn't offer upgradeable firmware. I bought a great boombox on that site above, but if I really want to use that I'll make it to a wav file.
NeoFlash	Date: September 9, 2002 @ 4:42 PM mp3 hit:
NeoFlash	Date: September 9, 2002 @ 4:42 PM err mp3
NeoFlash	Date: September 9, 2002 @ 4:42 PM better

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