One caution about MP3 (which you've probably heard) is that it is still "lossy" compression. That means that part of the sound is simply thrown away as "unimportant." That makes MP3 a very efficient format for file size reduction, but once those bits and bytes get tossed, they are just gone.
MP3 files can sound awfully close to the original on many systems, but if you upgrade speakers or an amp, you may end up improving your system's resolution to the point that you can distinctly hear the difference between the lossless and lossy formats. Your only choice then would be to re-rip your collection if you wanted the higher audio quality. Since I spent several months ripping my collection (and hard drive space is cheap these days) it made no sense to me to use the lower resolution format, especially since I can hear the difference on my current system. Obviously your call on which format you use for your collection, but the above is just one more data point to consider in your evaluation. -- mlsstl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mlsstl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9598 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33712 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
