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The thing I don't quite understand is why so many people keep encoding with CBR 320. Doesn't make any sense to me when you get the same with fewer bits using VBR V0.
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It's because people on Soulseek tend to rip all of their film score CDs in 320, as they think it's the 'best' quality. Just ask anybody about VBR over at the soundtrack blog sites. Nobody would have a damn clue what VBR is and how it compares to constant bitrate encodes.
Anyhow, I used to rip CDs in -V 2 but I made the switch to -V 0 a few months ago. I wish I could say that I use -V 0 because it produces 'better' sound than -V 2, but I can't, because if I wanted 'better' sound I'd just go for lossless. I'd have to say that whichever preset one uses is based on personal preference. I use -V 0 because I want to listen to the best quality possible, while not wasting bits, in terms of mp3 encoding. Like knkwzrd said, -V 2 may sound different from -V 0 but it happens very rarely. I can discern the difference in quality depending on the preset of a hard rock/heavy metal song, but for music that's more softer-sounding than that, I can't hear anything different from the two presets.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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