This was a very good test. You, sir, picked a very good song for this test (in the sense that it’s very hard to tell the difference). It took me several listenings to pick out the correct one (which i did manage).
Now i want to point out a few things here.
First of all, you didn’t specify how the encoding was done and with which encoder. You see, 128 kbit MP3′s are typically ALWAYS encoded in Joint Stereo by most modern encoders, while 320 kbit MP3′s can often vary between normal …

In the TV show Supernatural, the very first episode (set in the year 2005), established Dean’s character as a classic rock fan, who is also in love with his classic car, and his classic car’s cassette player. When his brother Sam jokes about how old fashioned his tapes are, Dean doesn’t really give a damn. Plus, a couple of seasons later, Dean sees that Sam has put an iPod to his car and he really is freaked out. Not that he is freaked out by technology in general, but he …

Flying is not exactly a pleasant experience these days. From the stares you get at the security check, to waiting for your bag of peanuts or worst of all, traveling economy class, with the other sheep passengers, and praying you don’t get deep vein thrombosis. It’s such a relief when you can just lie back, and listen to your iPod, until the stewardess kindly(?) explains, that you have to take it off, because the flight’s going to land or take-off.

Here’s a low budget, DIY speaker project that stays true to the simple, uncomplicated design of the iPod. You can create these speakers for the iPod or your MP3 player using a recipe of 4 paper cups, 2 toothpicks, and your regular old earbuds. I haven’t actually tried these mod paper cup speakers but the idea looks simple enough and might even boost the sound a bit.

Etymotic hf5 earphones review – I’ve had a really tough time finding good ipod or iphone earbuds. The ones that came with my iphone didn’t stay in my ears and sounded lousy. I bought some higher-end ones and felt like I needed to crank the volume up way to much to get good sound, very  likely because of the ambient noise.   It also seems as though there is a glut of earphones available in the $10-$80 that simply sound terrible.  
Becasue I’ve heard so much about them …