I guess there is cost/benefit to everything. I think you get minor increases in benefits though as the cost goes up exponentially when you get into high-end equipment.
Why just consider equipment and bitrate? Do you have acoustic ceiling and wall tiles? That makes a big difference in acoustics. I mean if you want to take it to its theoretical limts, some people have much more sensitive hearing to the highs and lows also.
I believe you when you say you can tell the difference between 320bps and 192bps on high end equipment. I also believe that 98% of people couldnt tell the difference between a 192bps mp3 and an uncompressed one on their own equipment.
On 10/28/05 18:25 ET, Shoe said...
The difference between MP3 bitrates is easily
heard by anyone with a mid-fi rig or better. Garbage
in garbage out. The only one I've heard that isn't
to f***ed up is 320 kbps. If listening to crap
is OK, then it is OK but why make believe it sounds
"good". 300 gig hard drives are under $100 so
what's the big deal about going lossless. Almost
any PC with a SPDIF out can be connected to a
surround receiver and an outboard DAC will keep
the computers RF noise away from the analogue
signal needed for your multiroom setup and improve
on most sound card as well.
