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Originally Posted by imcarthur View Post
Did you try an A-B with the wav vs the 32kbps (the worst one)? The wav sounds louder (more dynamic range), clearer (better inter-frequency delineation) & simply much more alive (compression=dead).

Note: Your results may vary. I output to a 17 yr old Denon POS receiver & an old pair of small bookshelf speakers.

Ian
Yes, I did. And I also A/B'ed the WAV alone against the 128 and 320 mp3 track combined. The combined MP3 sounded richer, using reasonable quality headphones and the Altec Lansing 5.1 PC speakers...
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