Transparency threshold

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A transparency threshold is a term used to describe a given value at which transparency is reached. It is commonly used to describe compressed data bitrates. For example, the transparency threshold for .MP3 to .WAV audio is said to be around 192kbs 44.1KHz MP3. This means that when MP3 is playing back at 192kbs 44.1KHz it is indistinguishable from the original WAV, and transparent to compression.