Bitrate

[don't let's]

150 dollars isnt a lot of money Poor Man

For a pair of headphones, as I've said many times before, it is.

[silvertone]

i have said maney times before that it isnt owned?? epic ftw . . .rt to all my bithces

[Boogus Epirus Aurelius]

For a pair of headphones, as I've said many times before, it is.

Paying extra money for higher quality for anything is absurd, duh.

[don't let's]

i have said maney times before that it isnt owned?? epic ftw . . .rt to all my bithces

Absurdities 

[don't let's]

Paying extra money for higher quality for anything is absurd, duh.

Well actually you could say that too. But it'd probably be more prudent to take things on a case by case basis.

[silvertone]

Jean, grab me my headphones.

[Boogus Epirus Aurelius]

Billy, pop those earbuds in quick-like, ya hear now?

[PLEASEHELP1991]

why doesn't anyone use aac, the superior lossy codec

[strongbad]

It's still absurd. Yes, you pay more for higher quality and better sounding stuff, but they're still just headphones. That you're paying $150 for.

i don't think so. it depends on what you want to get out of your music. if you enjoy hearing everything that your music has to offer, then it is reasonable.
just like a cyclist who spends a lot on a nice bike because they like bikes a lot
shit's relative

[don't let's]

i don't think so. it depends on what you want to get out of your music. if you enjoy hearing everything that your music has to offer, then it is reasonable.
just like a cyclist who spends a lot on a nice bike because they like bikes a lot
shit's relative

Well of course. Different people value different things differently.

[bluaki]

Doesn't there also exist variable bitrate that has higher quality in parts where it matters most? I don't normally pay much attention to audiophile stuff, but I've at least seen that praised as better than 320kbps by some people (including probably silverhawk)

I'm so much of a non-audiophile that I use $15 headphones
and prefer to use speakers instead when I don't have to worry about disturbing other people

why doesn't anyone use aac, the superior lossy codec

because most people who care enough to change the format that everybody uses are apparently either:
audiophiles who probably prefer lossless FLAC to either
Apple, whose influence is almost purposefully limited to iTunes and iDevices
People in charge of non-music products like Blu-Ray video
Free Software lovers, who prefer OGG Vorbis instead (I have no idea how it compares in quality/compression to MP3/AAC) and aren't generally taken seriously by anybody who primarily uses technology for media consumption

[??????]

oWn'd

[PLEASEHELP1991]

oWn'd

okay

[Daddy]

I go with V0 as well.

[snoorkel]

V0/variable - everything new
lossless - things i replay or like a lot

can't beat that system