Do you care about the quality of your music?
 

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will you only download something in the highest quality, or are you fine with 128kbps and lower bitrates?

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so theres a difference then lol
im not a fan of downloading really, i like to get the original CDs etc

but when i have to download, i try to get the best ^^
so im going with the HQ option :D

in between. no major sound problems will do.

Usually I would download 128kbps..the size is not too huge yet the quality is good. For rare songs, I wouldn't mind lower bitrates

I don't care!!! Really. I don't mind 128kbps songs... sometimes I don't notice the difference!

good question & for me I don't really care . HQ's nice & all but I always tend to convert my files all the way to 48kpbs to maximise file space in my mp3player

Honestly I don't really care what bitrate my music is, because eventually I'll be getting my hands on the CD and listening to it on my stereo instead, haha. But other than that I only have built-in speakers on my monitor so anything I listen to is more or less the same. I only listen to my songs on my computer when I feel like listening to random songs while surfing the net.

As for putting my songs into my handphone I always convert them to 128kbps as the size is smaller :P

I do care about the quality, and always try to get a 320kbps mp3 version of songs, and if there isn't one available, then 192 or lower.

i love quality but 320kbps is good enough for me, i also love HQ videos, can't stand watching square blocks!

honestly, not really. but if it's like seriously LQ music, i can't hear it, lol. but anything like 128 or 192kbps is fine with me, i'm not too picky.

I don't mind for music too... 192/320 is okay for me.

BUT for videos... they must be as HQ as possible! I HATE watching LQ videos, especially if I want to take some screen shots or something....

When I'm ripping songs from my CDs to listen to in the computer I'll rip them at 160 or 192, depending on how much I'm ripping from one album, to save space. When I want to download something I just download the same quality or slightly higher. I'll take whatever I can get until I get the CD for myself and rip the songs. I suppose I'm in between.

Depends on the genre and how much I like the artist. All my Ayu albums and my american rock songs are in 320 kbps bitrate. Everything else I'm okay as long as it is atleast 128 kbps bitrate.

i refuse to dl anything below 192.. and even then sometimes they aren't ripped properly.

You mean like Fall Out Boy? Folie a Deux is AWESOME... I never knew they were that good! :love

everything has to be 320 kbps mp3,or 192 kbps AAC,and most importantly,ripped from the original CD.

No I mean like Metallica, Fallout Boy is only 128 kbps worthy :mischief

Aww! :(

I'm kidding, Fallout Boy is 320 kbps worthy too <3 :P

I prefer HQ music

128 kbs is fine for me. i can't tell the difference between it and 320kbs.

although, below 128kbs and i get annoyed. :(

I don't care as long as it is not inaudible...

I don't like anything below 192kbps because that's when I hear the difference.

192-320 though, can't tell.

I would rather have 320....just cause...I'm an elitist music ***** I guess lol

As long as it's at least 128kps, I'm fine.

ugg i hate 128, but i hate 320...you know how hard it is to fit songs into a 4 GB ipod if all of your songs were 320...it's impossible, and i hate how people always upload a 320 rip of an album, cause if i convert it, it sounds all weird >_<

I don't care at all.
I know HQ is better than LQ but I can listen both types.

In between. I do like to have 320 kbs, but for some music it's just too hard to find so I'll settle with whatever is available, unless it sounds horrible.

I started off being fine with 128 / 96 kbs....but over the years I was introduced to 192, and then later 320.

Music just doesn't sound appealing anymore under 192 kbs, I hate when my playlist song goes from 320kbs, and the next song is in 128, it sounds horrible! For older songs however, i don't care what qual it is...as long as i have it :]

agree ^

I only have music that I ripped from CD's I own, since HQ stuff is a lot better than downloads. So I have no downloaded songs in my iTunes, but I still have over 1400+ songs =P

I only download for leaks and stuff like that XD

I like the happy medium of 192...quality isn't too bad but it doesn't take up a huge amount of space either.

I'm picky. Most of the albums on my iPod are 320 kbps, with the exception of a select of a few albums here and there (mostly ones I like so much that I'll put them on even if they're of a lower quality). Random songs also get to be less than 320 kbps, but that's it.

I care. A lot. My iPhone paired with my Sony headphones really demonstrates the difference between 128 and 320...128 or around that sounds really bad, I will usually skip the track if a 128 song comes up. 192 is OK, and anything above this is fine by me (though ideally if I have a 320 option, I will always go for that regardless of space on my laptop.

i prefer 320kbps, but not too much higher because it could get buzzy
192 is okay when 320 is unavailable
if 128, then i just buy it for better quality

i only download 192 and above. if whatever i'm downloading is rare then i'll settle for 128 if it sounds okay, but i won't go any lower and i can go without the music if it sounds like crap.

Either 192 or 320. Unless, as honeycute said, it's something hard to come across, then I can settle for lower.

Alwyas 320 :)

i voted 'anything in between' -- i can't stand anything below 128 -- i prefer 192+

I NEED HQ stuff. Anything else and its just blerg.

HQ for sure

I'm in between. When it comes to rare music or something, having a 128kbps doesn't bother me but if it's a newly released album or single and by somebody well know, then yes it does.

oh lol that's good to know! :luv2

I find 320kbs isn't worth the HDD space when personally i can't tell a huge difference compared to 192kbs. I find 192 to be the best all round bitrate. Quality is good, file size is good, what's not to love?

I'm willing to download in 128 aswell for something old/rare, but anything above that is a bonus ^^

I love HQ music the best

Im in between. 128kps is oerfectly fine for me.

My favorite songs will be 320 Kbps CD ripped. Other then that, all will be 128 Kbps

i guess i'm between :D

I'm in between. I really enjoy the musics in 128kbps or 320kbps.

I used to download 128 kbps songs only because my iPod only had 4G, which meant that I couldn't put many songs. Now that I switched to 80G, I prefer 320 kbps quality. I don't really mind 192 kbps though. Most Korean songs are 192 kbps and the quality is fine to my ears. But of course, if there's a 320 kbps version, I would download that one.

Of Course! I'm so meticulous with the quality of the music especially downloading my favorite songs. That's why I prefer to buy authentic CDs to ensure the quality of the sound. Poor quality music makes me sad...

But my ipod is only 2GB(poor me) so majority of my songs are in 128kbps but the sound is fine to me. But there are songs that it's really hard to find and only 056kbps is the only available so I have no choice but to sacrifice my ears..hehehe

I do actually not think about it, but it can really be bad. I think I'm just a middle thing

sure i do... especially those who rip the radio version~... it ticks me~

I can't hear any difference.

It's really important for me.

Only HQ for me, I get mad if its LQ
:D

I prefer smaller files, like 192 kbps so I can store more on the space!

I can't tell the difference between 192 and 320 - it's barely noticeable for me unless I am listening on really good speakers, which I don't have! :P

no difference unless it is hearable

I don't really like low quality music,but if it's the only thing that's there I'll take it.

HELL YES I CARE.. the better the quality the happier I am!!

I voted for I don't care, but I don't really download except from iTunes. I'm really against illegally downloading copyrighted material, so most of my music is from CDs or iTunes. I've dl'ed 2 singles from AHS, which I intend to get legal copies, and I have a few (like, 4 or 5) LimeWire files still floating around in my iTunes (I got rid of LW 2 years ago). Because, lets be honest, I wanna get legal copies of the LW songs, but I don't wanna spend the money on them. :P

But of what I've dl'ed (and what I'll probably dl in the future) I don't really care about the quality. Then again, I haven't dl'ed anough to actually get to know the difference between bitrates, but whatever. :shrug

For first time, i'll download illegal mp3 files which i'm not really care about the quality, but if i LIKE the songs, i'll buy the CD xD

I prefer HQ but hey, beggars can't be choosers.

Me loves Metallica :luv2 :luv2 :luv2

They totally deserve high quality tracks :D

Anyway, i'm very picky with music from my favourite artists and songs. I strongly dislike low quality songs, but sometimes i gotta deal with it (the ambient mix of ferry corsten made for connected is sooooo messed up)however, i don't mind LQ songs from certain "filler" songs . I've got the 120 gb ipod and i'm having trouble to fill it since i only have 615 songs. :laugh

:roflmao LOL love your reactions :laugh

^ I wish I had that size of an iPod! All my music in Lossless equals to at least 40GB. And I want ALL of it in my iPod XD but the iPod I have is only 16GB lol.

must be 320 kbps!!!

I really like the music I listen to so it has to be in lossless format

mine must be AAC 256kbps or at least MP3 320kbps

well, i don't really care actually. 128-192kbps is good enough 4 me. :yes

I always get the highest quality possible. I'm really picky like that. I don't freak out if the HQ isn't there, though.

HQ 320kbps+ for me!

I care very much about the quality, I just downloaded some crappy video encode with 96 kbit/s sound somebody of this forum made and I am not able to watch more than one song because it seriously hurts my ears, its so annyoing when people upload things here and put all the bitrate in the video, such a waste of time

Mine only has 8 Gigabytes *drop* I always have to choose from my files...

Yes deeply. I don't like people who say the quality doesn't matter, it's okay even if the audio sucks and basically hurts your ears, "it could be worse".

Yeah I do, I notice when it's pretty low quality then I'll sometimes stop listening to it until I can find it in something better.

I don't care as long as I can hear clearly the songs.

high quality!~

I don't really care about the quality. If I can hear the song clearly, everything is fine for me. :yes

"HQ 320kbps+ for me!" but I can deal with 256/192, whatever, I convert everything to 128AAC anyway.

HQ 320kbps+ for me!
but 256 is ok for me also...
but the problem is,some of the rippers rip it at 64kbps and someone downloaded it but this downloader convert it back to 320kbps and uploaded it online...this is the most headache part

No one loves VBR ??
VBR Qualities with 192 kbps low with 320kbps high compression will have the best quality sounds, doesn't have any difference with standard CBR 320kbps, and 1 more thing, the size won't be that large! :D

It's a must for all your audio files, i recommend~

i love HQ music but i always convert 320 kbps to 192 kbps.. they dont differ to me at all.
but when i sync my music to my pod, i reconvert them to 128 kbps to save space... and again, they dont differ to me at all.

dosen't matter. as long as the song sounds clear.

I prefer 320 because sometimes there's small nuances you can't notice if you're listening to a 128 version. I remember Dearest, I couldn't hear the harp in the beginning until I actually got the CD.

Plus, I'm a very aural person, I just like to listen and analyze things. I'm one that would try to breakdown every track I listen to, and try to find all the separate elements that make it up. 128 wouldn't help me at all.

As long as it's not unlistenable, I don't really care about the bitrate.

After some experiences with 320k that sound worse than 128k I found out that I don't need to fool my ear, I take anything as long as it sounds good. My old computer could only rip songs from cds at 56k and I thought the quality of sound was excellent. Of course, some will not believe it cause they feel better thinking they have the maximum quality with 320, but to each its own I guess.

I prefer high quality. Anything under 128 hurts my wittle ears. :cry I don't mind if I get a 192 (or 128), though, especially if it's not one of my favourite songs. I hate that FLAC crap, though. :mad

in a general sense, yes. I don't want something that sounds like it came from a camcorder or a cellphone held up to a tv. but in a more defining matter no. I don't care if it's 128, 192, or 320, or even 1411. XD

Some time ago I didn't really cared as long as it dosen't have some fuzzles or something like that in it, so I used to rip songs from youtube all the time (when youtube didn't have the HQ/HD option) so I was just happy with what I had (still enjoy them though)

Now I'm obsessed with the quality of the songs :laugh I want to get the highest quality possible ^^;

Uhhh I hate to say it, but yeah I really do lol. I usually like it to be at least 320kbps, and sometimes I will settle for 192kbps when I really have no choice. I just can't stand listening to music that sounds muffled & crappy...I love that clear, crisp sound high quality music has.

HQ 320kbps+ for me!

HQ 320kbps+ for me!

yes, I care.

HQ 320kbps+ for me! I will settle for 192, but nothing less than that! :P

I want everything in HQ. I can take some (hard to obtain) stuff under 320 or even 192, but 128 is unforgivable.

HQ 320kbps+ for me!