AUDIophile

[Vincent Gelinas]

It all depends on how big an audiophile you are, what equipment you use, 
etc.  I'm not a true audiophile with a sound system that costs as much 
as a car, but I am very picky about sound quality.  If I had a 
compatible player, I'd rip stuff in FLAC or a codec like Apple Lossless 
or WMA lossless with no appreciable loss in sound quality.  I do, 
however, have a good setup consisting of a Sandisk Sansa Clip +, Monster 
Turbine Pro Miles Davis Edition, and I'm in the market for a good amp 
(Boostaroo comes to mind), and 320 Kbps or very high VBR works well 
enough.  I prefer AAC over MP3, but that's just me.

So it all depends on how serious an audiophile you really are.  
Remember- the word audiophile simply means sound-lover.

V