I've been spinning since 1990 and have been through all sorts of genres. However for majority of the time I have been heavily into Drum n Bass and Chicago House and those are my main stay of music. However I like all music which is outside mainstream and pop. I've also produced for many years on and off since 1996. Recently since late 2008 I have created a record label called Mixtura Records with my partner in crime Smokingroove. www.mixturarecords.com www.pazngroove.com However my career is not producing or DJing. I have no patience for the professional DJ world as I make much more money as a Technical Director for Flip Media which is the largest online interactive agency in the Middle East. I currently reside in Dubai with my wife Natasha, although we hail from Toronto, Canada and have also lived in Amsterdam, NL for 8 years before progressing to the hot arid concrete jungle of Dubai.

Thu 28 Feb 08 @ 8:52 am

its not necessarily about 'hearing' a difference. its about the operations done on the material. for instance, you might not hear a difference between 192 and 320 file until you apply a keylock and pitch-shift it. the differences will become more apparent.

similarly, the differences will become more apparent the more you slow a track down from it's original speed.

a good analogy is this. youre driving on the highway (Rather someone is driving and you are in the passenger seat). You are staring at the dotted lines in the road. Each line segment represents a bit in the mp3 file. as you speed up, the bits are appearing more quickly. if you go fast enough, in fact the line starts to appear like one long line. when you slow down though, the lines come more slow. if this is the audio, the lines (clarity) become so far apart, you loose definition of the track and start to hear artifacts in the sound. often it can be described like a soft choppy sound.

ideally this isnt too much of a factor so the argument becomes moot. but in circumstances it applies. i listen to mp3s of any calibre but prefer 320 if i can help it. however, i refuse to spin with anything less than 320 for sake of quality.


final point. YES, you can hear the difference between 192 and 320, or even 256 and 320.... BUT, you only hear the difference when listening to very good speakers. for instance, my genelecs will show you every flaw in every track. but you will rarely hear this in a club or on headphones because the reproduction and stereo imaging is not accurate enough.