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<blockquote data-quote="Silas Pradetto" data-source="post: 92077" data-attributes="member: 34">Re: Audio Files - best qualityThere is no way you can do this without listening to every individual file. I have the same issue - for example, I have every Rolling Stones album ever released, and many songs appear numerous times throughout the years. The same song sounds different on each album. Unfortunately, I want to keep my collection complete, so even though I have Jumping Jack Flash 20 times, it is required.Then you have the problem of live performances, remasters, vinyl, CD, tape, DVD audio, etc.Then there&#039;s the quality of encoding. You could easily have 2 mp3 files made from identical .wav originals, one at 192kbps and one at 320kbps, and the 192kbps could be significantly better sounding. The parameters of the mp3 encoder make all the difference in the final output quality, and there is no way to obtain this info from objective file data. Essentially, I gave up. I have over 180,000 songs (1TB worth) in the collection and it&#039;s not even worth trying.Lately, everything I care about is in lossless FLAC from an approved source (the CD, ripped by me, or purchased as FLAC).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Silas Pradetto, post: 92077, member: 34"] Re: Audio Files - best quality There is no way you can do this without listening to every individual file. I have the same issue - for example, I have every Rolling Stones album ever released, and many songs appear numerous times throughout the years. The same song sounds different on each album. Unfortunately, I want to keep my collection complete, so even though I have Jumping Jack Flash 20 times, it is required. Then you have the problem of live performances, remasters, vinyl, CD, tape, DVD audio, etc. Then there's the quality of encoding. You could easily have 2 mp3 files made from identical .wav originals, one at 192kbps and one at 320kbps, and the 192kbps could be significantly better sounding. The parameters of the mp3 encoder make all the difference in the final output quality, and there is no way to obtain this info from objective file data. Essentially, I gave up. I have over 180,000 songs (1TB worth) in the collection and it's not even worth trying. Lately, everything I care about is in lossless FLAC from an approved source (the CD, ripped by me, or purchased as FLAC). [/QUOTE]

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