[s-cars] In Car MP3 Players

[Pram]

On Saturday, August 3, 2002, at 10:22 AM, jeff posto wrote:

> Most MP3 rippers,  I believe, offer higher bit rate
> settings. I use Sound Forge and set to 256K.. sure I
> chew up disk space, but balance that with the largest
> drive you can afford.
> I find at the higher bit rates, in cruising car spees
> with road noise, I cannot tell the diff.

Jeff,

I concur with your observation

On my Ipod, I used the Ipod maximum 192kbps rate at the expense of
memory.  When I use the Ipod in quieter environment I notice the
difference between 192, 128 or 64 kbps but in the noisier car
environment it would be less noticeable.

Pram
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