What is the file quality of 112Kb MP3?
This is a difficult question to answer. First, the digital downloads for sale from the QR Shop are offered as 256kbps and FLAC. Most digital download retailers encode their files at either 128Kbps or 192Kbps. In contrast Quinlan Roads 256Kbps downloads are a very high quality for MP3s and our FLAC files (Free Lossless Audio Codec) retain 100% of the CD quality. The free, full-album digital downloads files being offered to shoppers by Quinlan Road are more compressed than the version offered for sale at 256kbps; that is, the files have been made smaller, so that they can be transferred more quickly. The difference in sound quality between digital downloads transferred at 112kbps as opposed to 256kbps may be distinguishable on a high-fidelity audio play-back system. To some listeners, the original digital file obtained from a CD might seem slightly clearer and may seem to have more “depth” than an album transmitted at 112kbps, but the character and essential qualities of the songs are st
