Whether or not your car is noisy isn't really the question. The question is whether or not you're an audiophile. My car is very noisy, but I also listen to my stereo very loud, so I can still hear compression artifacts when they're there.
At 128kbps fixed bitrate, you will lose some high-frequency content, and cymbals will sound a bit "swishy". It's very subtle, but if you're an expert in audio stuff and you know what to listen for, you can hear it.
Remember that it's always a quality-for-file-size tradeoff. If your software gives you a variable bitrate option, you can try using that to cheat the tradeoff curve a little bit. I've only just bought AudioCatalyst, and I'm very impressed with its variable bitrate encoding at the higher quality settings. In fact, I'll probably re-rip some of my more beloved albums with this new encoder.
Tony FabrisEmpeg #144
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