Quote Originally Posted by tocsin
Analog.1, if you'd like to take the acid test, I'd be more than happy to encode a track at 320kbit VBR and add some garbage data at the end to make the exact same file size as a WAV file holding the same tune. You'd just have to promise not to cheat and only use your ears to detect a difference. :) In fact, that challenge is on the table for anyone who cares to take it.
Can a MP3 sound as 100% as good as the uncompressed original when played on the highest quality audiophile sound system? I have my doubts.. If your going to sell music, sell the music in its original form, not in some tacky MP3 ipod format... (IMO)