Change Deezer streaming codec from MP3 to AAC

Good time of the day.

I am happy with 320K, but I’ve seena trend when streaming services change 320K MP3 or OGG for 256K AAC. I do find AAC better, and it even sounds better than same bitrate MP3. But please Deezer please if you change to AAC do not change to anything less than 320K AAC!!! Make it the best experience, do not accept less. Many basic users expect to have 320K, not 256K and who else is going hifi. I do not want to pay more, I want 320K only. Just my word and voice around it.

Thanks for sharing this detailed feedback, @hpguru I'm glad you tested it too, it gives us a different perspective 

There are many claims about the quality of different codecs, most of them based on empiricism only.

For example, I have a mastering-grade DAC with studio monitors and my trained ears still struggle with hearing the difference between 128k MP3 (pop music, professional encoder, VBR) and the original file.  It might be easier to hear the difference for classical music, though.

In any case, for scientific and blind-tested results I recommend to have a look at http://soundexpert.org/encoders. You can improve their results by simply downloading and listening to a sound file, too.

AAC is leading all of the quality ratings I have looked at (which shouldn’t surprise anyone who knows a bit about the internals of MP3 and AAC).

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and opinion with us @mzuther we all appreciate detailed feedback like that here at Deezer.

Will pass your comments on 

I second this. OGG Vorbis/AAC give better sound for the Bitrate. 

If you don’t want to fully switch to Vorbis, you should REALLY consider it for 64 and 128 kbit/s

You can try it for yourself: encode the same piece of music as .ogg, .mp3 and .aac (64 kbit )

mp3 sounds terrible, aac sounds bad/ok-ish, .ogg doesn’t sound that bad (losing precision, but no extreme artefacts)

Maybe I can find something nice and royalty free to use and link as an example later (currently on mobile)

Bluetooth is also a good point. 

Deezer, AAC, please =) It’s the only way to enjoy music in wireless headphones on iPhone.

Deezer is currently re-encoding their MP3 catalogue to enable gapless playback with this format for the most listened songs and albums, so it is very unlikely that they will do this again to support AAC or Ogg Vorbis.

At least, for now, it isn't on our plans, but we haven't closed the doors for it @Shadow V. @bluezzbastardzz - thank you for your continuous support and for keeping this thread going 

I hope it eventually comes cause I love everything about Deezer except the codec you still use. Ogg is clearly better, miles better. Right now I use spotify and the change in space occupied by the same music is huge. Right now spotify is using 5.5 GB (I have a lot, a lot, of musics downloaded xD). The same quantity of musics would be like 3x that, which is a lot. The deezer UI is so much better, more modern, easier to use and less cluttered. Spotify has the same UI for years. Its cluttered with multiple menus that aren’t adding anything. But that Ogg on spotify is miles better. Better sound quality and clarity.

Do you see Ogg codec coming to Deezer in maybe 2 years at least?

Hey @Guilherme.Fontes 

Thank you for your detailed feedback - our developers love these comments to help them understand real needs.

It's really hard to say if we're going to go for that format, in Tech all can change very rapidly. But please subscribe to the topic so that you're kept up-to-date with developements