The music sounds underwater, with "swishing" artifacts in the cymbals.
Once you factor in silence at the start/end and the efficiency of the MP3 codec, you land right around that mark. The Sound of "Good Enough"
The Anatomy of 128kbps: Why the 2.65 MB MP3 Still Matters In an era of lossless FLAC files and high-fidelity spatial audio, the —clocking in at roughly 2.65 MB for a standard three-minute song—feels like a digital antique. However, this specific configuration represents the most significant balancing act in the history of digital media: the "Goldilocks" zone of compression. The Math of the Megabyte
The file size triples, but only audiophiles with high-end gear can consistently spot the difference. Why It Won’t Die
