So what I am saying is in 1998. My DJ company was one of the first to play mp3 files from a p.c. Had to use 128k at that time. Only really had a 8 gig drive to work with. Each song was like 4 to 5 meg.
So 24 years later, sound is still fine. The original encoders might have been better with 128k than the current ones. I remember the name Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (c) 1996-1997.
Up til then we were playing the CD-R discs that we recorded ourselves. Those first CD-R discs don’t play anymore as they have come apart on the surface.
“. Each song was like 4 to 5 meg.
So 24 years later, sound is still fine. The original encoders might have been better with 128k than the current ones. “
Your hearing is gone!
MP3 encoding is MUCH better now than in 1998.