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Posting as mp3 would "taint" the results more than .wma would!



Mac is correct. The issue here would be transcoding - taking a compressed WMA, uncompressing to WAV, and then compressing again. In theory, compressing takes out 'stuff' that it thinks you can't hear. Once it is compressed, some things are lost forever . Uncompressing and the re-compressing, especially using a different codec (mp3), is not a good idea. You are basically taking more 'stuff' out of audio that already has had 'stuff' removed. There are lossless codecs out there (WMA Lossless, FLAC, etc.) where you can compress without losing anything but this is not the issue here.

I have not tried this with RTs but have heard audio music files that have been transcoded. The result is usually pretty bad.

I have a feeling that if the blind test is done, the results will be all over the place.

R

Last edited by Rachael; 01/17/09 08:52 AM.