There is no way in heck you are going to be able to detect the difference between a VBR 256Kbit mp3 (or even much lower, like 160) with small powered speakers connected to the analog output of a laptop. That's just not physically possible. Just rip a copy of your library to high bitrate VBR mp3 with lame and use that. Any blind test comparing flac to such an mp3 is never going to reveal the slightest difference through speakers so small. Anyone who tells you differently has obviously not done a blind test. I have 18400+ tracks that takes up over half a terabyte in flac also ripped to less than 100Gigs as 128kbit AAC, which sounds just fine for any non-critical listening. OK, so I can't fit my entire library on a 60gig ipod, but it comes awfully close. Compared to the expense and hassle of trying to build an audio platform into my suitcase, I'd take the ipod every time (especially for the airplane listening factor). We're talking about tunes to listen to while sacking out in a hotel room, not some kind of audiophile review.
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