Have to admit I'm slightly underwhelmed after hearing this compared to the soundcheck song, but to be fair the soundcheck was bloody brilliant. Its still a good solid 8/10 for me though and I get the feeling it'll grow with more listens. TDOYAM was ok but this is the song where you sit up and take notice, if that makes sense.

Edit - Just listened again from the RKID download. Sounds much better compared to the Youtube video

Weirdly, in both IIHAG and TDOYAM, I've found the verses far more memorable than the choruses on the first few listens. That wasn't the case with Oasis songs.

I'm almost 100% certain neither TDOYAM nor IHAG are out there in anything but 128kbps form.

Unless of course some douche re-ripped a 128 into a phony (actually sonically inferior) 320.

funnily enough, most cannot discern a 128 from a 320 rip all else being equal.

And certainly not on most playback systems.

Side by side ABX's have been done a million times over to prove so. People are more enamored with the IDEA of superior quality than the real thing.

Although, to be sure that's not to say some cannot make a distinction....especially through higher fidelity systems...and especially so through a great set of h-phones.

YAWN............

Again, a 320 and a 128 rip from an identical source using the identical software are nearly indiscernable from one another.

Certainly not 400x higher in fidelity.

There exists many scientific white papers on the matter, I'd invite you to google them.

I've run this very simple (and unscientific) site on dozens of people...99% of which failed to make a distinction between the two: www.noiseaddicts.com/2009/03/mp3-sound-quality-test-128-320/

on this system, which is rather revealing:

^ yeah a bit I suppose.

But I used to spend a lot of time and money buying into sonic myths...and I ended up eating a lot of crow.

hate to see others do the same.

I think the best line is:

"And waiting for the moment
For my heart to be unbroken by the sea"

I just smile every time I hear that line. Nice imagery.

I spose cuz I'm old and married I didn't think of this right away, but holy shit, is there a better song to throw to a new love?

crikey

Mate, start another shit thread and call it "Appreciation shrine for my for 30,000$ penis prosthesis" and post this photo there. You're probably more annoying than us "production moaners."

That's a huge load of crap. 128k is not horrible quality by any means (its listenable), but there is a noticeable difference in 128k and 320k. I don't care who's written what, I've heard the 2 and I can tell a difference. Anything below 192k and the bass gets muddy and you lose a lot of the punch of the higher quality versions. After years and years of listening to MP3s of varying quality, I can tell just by listening if a lower quality MP3 is being played. There's a richness to the sound of MP3s 192k and up that's not there otherwise.

If I compare IIHAG and the 320k version of TDOYAM that i have, there's a huge difference in quality. If there's no noticeable improvement between this version and the actual release then i will be extremely disappointed in the song from a production standpoint.