Heuer;205456 Wrote: > I keep a parallel MP3 folder of my FLAC library which allows me to use > iTunes to manage the music for my iPod. You can use the FLAC2MP3 script > by Robin Bowes to do an automatic batch conversion and then use foobar > or other utility to convert new music as and when. > > I ran a 60Gb iPod with ALAC for a while. Biggest downside was battery > life which dropped from 16 hours with MP3 to 2.5 hours with ALAC > because the HD is constantly running - files are too big to buffer. > Even with expensive Shure E5c earbuds it was difficult to tell the > difference between lossy and lossless in terms of music quality - too > much ambient noise. Ditto when using the iPod in the car.
I'm with Heuer 100% - I use FLAC2MP3 and have decent MP3s on my iPod, as FLAC files were a major battery drain. I still use Rockbox, although it does seem to crash a fair bit. I use Etymotic earbuds and can't detect a difference, as I only use it on the train/tube/outside. Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http://www.last.fm/group/People+who+don%27t+listen+to+any+of+last.fm%27s+top+artists) SB+, EAR 859, Living Voice Auditorium II plus some other stuff SB3, Shek d2, Ming-Da MC84-C, Harbeth HL-P3ES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35698 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
