MP3: VBR may be better than CBR

[MiiSan]

I had few albums in VBR since I couldn't figure out how to convert lossless to CBR but after a long listen to VBR and finally got a better converter for my FLACs it felt so refreshing listening to those albums in 320 @.@

Just my opinion though.

Originally Posted by all.night.raver

I thought where there is less of an output, such as a very quiet part, VBR uses less of a bitrate - it varies it to a lower bitrate. Doesn't that make it less clear in that part? Idk, just knowing that CBR 320 is the highest I've always picked that one. I tried VBR as I've heard it's better a while ago but I just don't like it. Lol.

Yeah, exactly what I felt while listening to VBR heh

[2Hurt]

I never pay attention to it really, I just don't care, anything is fine with me

[Chiharo]

VBR annoys me as well for some reasons. I used to care a lot for having everything in 320 kbps, but now I find 128 kbps fine for regular listening, and besides I wouldn't have enough space to handle so much songs in 320 kbps or in the VBR.