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Thread Author: Bobby Replies: 12

 Music quality - Bobby
My brother is big into his music and his latest company car is an Audi A3 with some sort of up-specced sound system.
His music is on his iphone or streaming from Apple. He apparently uploaded his own music files (which were ripped at 256kbps) to his Apple Music account and can then stream it back. Then he either bluetooths or USB to the car system.
He swears that he can tell the difference especially when he plays the same track recorded at different rates.

A few questions on this,
1. Does the above all sound plausible?
2. If I converted some actual CDs on my laptop with a 256 rate would I also notice a difference on my standard(ish) BMW sound system, either bluetooth or USB when playing direct from my iphone?

Most of my CDs have been copied over at 128 rate but I am tempted to try doing one at a higher rate to see if there is a difference? I read that 128 basicaly gives FM radio quality but not as good as playing a CD directly?
 Messages Author Date
 Music quality new Bobby 10 Aug 20 20:44
 Music quality new No FM2R 10 Aug 20 20:52
 Music quality new Zero 10 Aug 20 21:32
 Music quality new tyrednemotional 10 Aug 20 21:33
 Music quality new tyrednemotional 10 Aug 20 21:44
 Music quality new No FM2R 10 Aug 20 21:52
 Music quality new Manatee 10 Aug 20 22:06
 Music quality new tyrednemotional 10 Aug 20 22:14
 Music quality new Bobby 10 Aug 20 22:20
 Music quality new No FM2R 10 Aug 20 22:22
 Music quality new Manatee 10 Aug 20 21:43
 Music quality new MD 11 Aug 20 20:10
 Music quality new Manatee 11 Aug 20 21:57
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