Comment by pdntspa
256kbit CBR MP3 is pretty good for spoken word material
256kbit CBR MP3 is pretty good for spoken word material
Is it though? Voice consumes so much less sonic bandwidth than music. I imagine the codec places extra emphasis on faithfully reproducing voices, since our brains are so wired to perceive them. A 256kbps spoken word recording is going to be a lot higher quality, comparatively, than a musical recording.
Agreed. With that being said, I meant that it was a stupid move from an archival POV.