[s-cars] iPod questions... NAC

[djdawson2 at aol.com]

On my iTunes software, I have the following import options:
1) AAC Encoder.  Default setting is 128kbps, but you can set it as high as 320kbps.
2) AIFF Encoder, many setting options.
3) Apple Lossless Encoder (don't know much about this yet).
4) MP3 Encoder, set as high as 320kbps.
5) WAV format, which I'm told is the raw data, and the file size will be the same as the original CD.  I would guess that using the WAV format would very nearly reproduce the original CD quality?
 
Dave
 
 
 
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From: rfitton at vt.edu
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Sent: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] iPod questions... NAC


I don't have an iPod or any other player, but do they support lossless compressions, like SHN or FLAC?  I can attest to the difference in sound quality between 320kbps MP3 and FLAC.

-Cheers!
Mike

djdawson2 at aol.com wrote: 
Dave,
Yes, that is what I noticed using high quality headphones.  There was a marked difference in sound quality.  Since my iPod is 80GB, I'm pretty much thinking I may reload using a lossless or WAV format.
 
Dave 
 
 
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Sent: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] iPod questions... NAC


More compact? Yes. But not near the quality.  
I did not believe this until I experimented quite a bit with MP3's. CD's always sound noticeably better - period. 
 
The question is if you want to buy every CD of every song you like. Not likely. MP3 files are a great way to get all the songs you like with good quality.  
Even through my Alpine high end deck and Infinity speakers, a CD sounds better every time, no matter how the mp3 files were recorded. 
 
Dave Kase 
 
  
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. > 
-Cody > 
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