[s-cars] iPod questions... NAC

[Matt twentyV]

I suggest using http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/
with variable bit rate, highest quality.  Will average
under 200kbs but peak much higher.  Sounds as close to
CD as anything I've found so far.  
-Matt

--- djdawson2 at aol.com wrote:

> 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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