NauticusLX;207967 Wrote: > I was hoping to put about 20 CD's onto a "nano" (all my Rippingtons CD's > and a few other smooth jazz fav's. Imagine all that played back in > random order, without hassling with CD's). One CD being about 150 MB > at 320 kbps (in the MP3 format), that's about 3 gigs for 20 CD's. > Since the nano comes with 2, 4, or 8 gigs, looks like the nano will put > me in business. And if 3 gigs holds about 20 CD's, the 8 gigger will > hold about 50 CD's of music. This could present an attractive > substitute for my favorite internet smooth jazz radio station when I'm > away from my Squeezebox. Does this math look right? Will my music > sound good at this bitrate (320 kbps) on the nano? Is the nano a good > choice, or is something else better?This is a now an outdated test I did on > another site and is but one CD example, but it might be of some rough value for file sizes. If you're thinking of 320 kbps you can see using the AAC setting (which would be an option in iTunes, but if you use MP3 it would result in a very similar size) was 130MB. You could multiply that by 20 or 50. If you used lossless you can see it was 373MB.
I like iTunes as a media player and the iPod/iTunes combo and it's ease of use is why I usually recommend it by default, but there are certainly lots of options. I will say I felt the full-sized iPods had better sound quality out of the headphone jack than the nano. The output is stronger and has more overall body. The nano was more tinny and treble focused. I never compared the line-outs on them. So even within the iPod family there's a decision to be made on SQ versus size. Also be aware if you go the iPod route they show up on Apples site often refurbished and a deal can be found there. Just go to Apples store and type 'refurbished' in the search box. Original: Radiohead's Hail To The Thief 56.4 minutes 570.6 MB Base size comparison: LAME "-alt-preset fast standard" 78.1 MB Format: Setting, Size, Percent Difference From Lower Setting, Percent Difference From Base. MP3 iTunes-LAME 2.0.5, LAME 3.93 --alt-preset insane (320 kbps), 129.4 MB, 45.5%, +65.7% --alt-preset fast extreme (average kbps 169-260), 89.0 MB, 14%, +14% --alt-preset fast standard (average kbps 154-243), 78.1 MB, 8.8%, (0) --alt-preset fast standard -Y (average kbps 158-216), 71.8 MB, 11%, -8.1% --alt-preset fast medium (average kbps 125-205), 64.7 MB, (0), -17.2% AAC iTunes 4.1, Quicktime 6.4 320 kbps 44.1 kHz stereo, 130.1 MB, 24.9%, +66.6% 256 kbps 44.1 kHz stereo, 104.2 MB, 14.1%, +33.4% 224 kbps 44.1 kHz stereo, 91.3 MB, 16.6%, +17% 192 kbps 44.1 kHz stereo, 78.3 MB, 19.7%, +.3% 160 kbps 44.1 kHz stereo, 65.4 MB, 24.6%, -16.3% 128 kbps 44.1 kHz stereo, 52.5 MB, (0), -32.8% Ogg OggDrop X 1.0b31, Ogg Vorbis 1.0 Quality 10 (VBR traditionally averaging ~500 kbps), 186.8 MB, 41.3%, +139% Quality 9 (VBR traditionally averaging ~320 kbps), 132.2 MB, 29.9%, +69.3% Quality 8 (VBR traditionally averaging ~256 kbps), 101.8 MB, 15.8%, +30.3% Quality 7 (VBR traditionally averaging ~224 kbps), 87.9 MB, 15.1%, +12.5% Quality 6 (VBR traditionally averaging ~192 kbps), 76.4 MB, 19.4%, -2.2% Quality 5 (VBR traditionally averaging ~160 kbps), 64.0 MB, 26.7%, -18.1% Quality 4 (VBR traditionally averaging ~128 kbps), 50.5 MB, (0), -35.3% FLAC (lossless), MacFlac 2.1.2, FLAC 1.1 Quality 5 (default- there is little reason to change this), 373.1 MB, (0), +377.7% -- blessingx 'This American Life' (http://thislife.org/); 'Last.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/blessingx/); 'OS X iTunes Applescripts' (http://dougscripts.com/itunes/index.php); 'Affordable Audio' (http://www.affordableaudio.org/) sb3 + lavry da1Ø + wooaudio 6 + sennheiser hd65Ø / ultrasone 25ØØ sb3 + eddie current lunchbox + sennheiser hd58Ø ------------------------------------------------------------------------ blessingx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11754 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35991
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