[BC] RAIN report: HD Radio s Creative Thinking

[Gary Blau]

The line in the sand seems to be 64kbps.  
aacPlus is the choice at and below 64, and aac above 64.

g

Goran Tomas wrote:
> 
> --- At 14.10.2005.w 21:35, DANA PUOPOLO wrote: ---
> >I have heard AAC plus, and even at 96K can clearly hear its artifacts.
> 
> I too found myself hearing SBR artifacts at 96kbps with aacPlus... Then I
> tried AAC and was surprised that it sounded better than aacPlus at that
> bitrate! And amazed how good it actually sounds at 96kbps :-)
> 
> aacPlus is great at lower bitrates, where SBR helps expand the bandwidth.
> But at higher bitrates where high frequency extension is not that much
> needed, the core codec works better... IMO.