[s-cars] iPod questions... NAC

[djdawson2 at aol.com]

No harm, no foul.  Some folks like turbos (me), others study up on MP3 tech.  I just never have.
 
So, exploring around on the iTunes menu, I have now found (was told) that I can change the format for the files imported into iTunes.  I just completed loading about 200 CDs, and did it with the default settings... 128kbps.  Using high end headphones, back to back comparisons between the CD and the iPod leave me a bit disappointed.
 
I have the option of importing using a custom bit rate for the AAC format that is the iPod default (up to 320kbps).  I also can load using a lossless format, or a WAV.  I'm told that these 2 formats will represent the original file closely in both size and quality.  I guess I'm leaning in that direction.  I have an 80GB iPod, so I'm not likely to run out of space, since my library is only about 2000 songs.
 
Anyway, thanks for the info.
 
Dave
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: cody at 5000tq.com
To: auctionpics at cox.net; djdawson2 at aol.com
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Sent: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] iPod questions... NAC


auctionpics at cox.net wrote: 
> Ok this is a joke right? 
> 
> i think you need to spend a few minutes reading about a thing we 
> people in the late 20th century called the mp3... 
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3 
> 
> good luck dave 
 
I think what he would have said had he woken up on the proper side of the bed this morning is something like this: 
 
The data stored on your given audio CD is in a format that takes up gobs of space. A standard audio CD cam hold about 80 minutes of audio, which is roughly 700mb of data. While the quality is excelent, there are better formats such as the MP3 format that your I-Pod (and nearly everything else) uses. The MP3 format when properly configured can play back audio at a quality level completely indistingushible by any person from full CD quailty, but take up a teensy fraction of the space. When converting to MP3 normally you can select a 'bitrate', which is in simple terms a measure of how much audio you want stuffed into a unit of space. A higher bitrate will yeild a higher quailty level. 128 bit MP3s are commonplace and are very good quality, but some prefer to go as high as 320 bit. The MP3 is how a um... "certain person that I may sorta know" has over 20,000 songs stored in under 60gb of space. 
 
Many current generation car stereos can play MP3 format, which allows you to store HUNDREDS of songs on a single disc, a very nice feature! 
 
-Cody  
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