umbcgrad3 Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Question on car audio: What would be considered better SQ: a 256kbps track being played through a wired interface (iPod classic via USB) or a 320kbps track streaming (via Spotify or Rdio) from my phone? To my ears, the 256 wired track sounds better but I don't know if the 320 track is losing quality in the bluetooth streaming process. Although I'm comfortable with my opinion, I'm looking for some sort of empirical evidence to either support or dispute my unscientific opinion. Thanks. Link to comment
Audio_ELF Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 With respect ... Posting the same question on two parts of the forum is not going to make you friends! Eloise --- ...in my opinion / experience... While I agree "Everything may matter" working out what actually affects the sound is a trickier thing. And I agree "Trust your ears" but equally don't allow them to fool you - trust them with a bit of skepticism. keep your mind open... But mind your brain doesn't fall out. Link to comment
umbcgrad3 Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share Posted September 3, 2015 @Audio_EOF Thanks for the advice. As you can probably see, this is my first post. I posted in what I thought was an incorrect forum the first time and thought it better in the other forum. Would you recommend deleting the first post? I hope to be active on this board and don't want to start out on the wrong foot. Link to comment
new_media Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 AFAIK, there is no Bluetooth solution that uses native MP3 (or OGG) streaming, so it's likely that the Bluetooth audio is being recompressed using a different codec. I would expect the wired option to sound better. Link to comment
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