Uploaded February 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A comparison of 320 kb/s MP3 files, recorded to metal tape audio cassette, DAT and minidisc.
The played back files were not processed, only normalized to even volume differences.

The uncompressed source files can be downloaded here:
soundcloud.com/eric_b/digital-analog-audio-mp3
soundcloud.com/eric_b/digital-analog-audio-tape
soundcloud.com/eric_b/digital-analog-audio-dat
soundcloud.com/eric_b/digital-analog-audio-md