It doesn't make sense to me when you say frequency-domain codecs cannot be perceptually transparent. That statement is general and absolute and is in contradiction to the experimental data.

If a codec is indistinguishable from the original by a given individual, it is by definition transparent - at least for that person, with that source material, on that system.

Absolute proof is not achievable in this situation, but I believe the extensive double-blind ABX tests on hydrogenaudio provide a reasonably convincing body of evidence in favor of general perceptual transparency of high-bitrate MP3 with most source material on most sound systems for most people.

Vague and dogmatic assertions about "known issues" are less convincing to me. If it is a question of human perception, which this is, then the way to get closer to the answer is to test it by observing humans, not by theorizing without experimenting.

Dither

There must be something in the brain that will make us stand and fight for our "side", even if it's in the wrong...

And THAT is exactly what politics in the US has devolved into.

No no, FF5 wasn't released in the US, at least not for SNES. FF4 was rebranded as FF2, and FF6 as FF3.

Parent is correct. The only difference between Audio CD-Rs and Data CD-Rs is that "Audio" CD-Rs can be burned in a standalone burner not labeled "Professional." Audio CD-Rs and "Professional"-labeled standalone burners (which, like computers, can burn audio to "Data" CD-Rs) have a royalty to the RIAA included in their price. IAAAE (Audio Egineer).

How did you choose "update" without a keyboard or mouse? Tell me, Mr. Haedrian, what good is a phone call when you are unable to speak?