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For some definitions of "all" I agree. i.e. for Hifi quality Stereo Music to end users where file size and bandwidth are not so important, yes fine, but in situations where space or bandwidth are limited / expensive, AAC can achieve transparency at well below 256kbps with most music, to most people, in which case it would often be overkill --especially for Audio Books, lectures, plays or other mainly speech content... conversely for 5.1 or greater multi-channel audio it's often insufficient.


Sure, I was just talking about stereo music where audio quality is high priority.

For streaming audio, the ideal setting might be different depending on the commercial priorities of the service.

For audiobooks, convenient file sizes will probably be higher priority than maximal compression transparency.

For multichannel audio, you would need to progressively increase the bitrate on a per channel basis.


Yes of course, sorry -- I was kind of in 'reddit mode' and being particularly pedantic about "all cases".

Agree with all your other points, and glad to see others that grok it.




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