On Saturday, March 15, 2003, at 10:53 PM, Marta Edie wrote: > Thanks so very much Lee." Hut ab" to all that knowledge.. So I was on > the > right track, I looked at my preferences again and for the import it > says it > is a MATSHITA CD-RW CW-8121, it is burning at maximum speed. For the > import > it says Better quality 160 kbps, It also has a best quality of 192 . > Should > I set it on this quality? I learned from your explanation 192 is > better . > but Is there a drawback somewhere else in setting it that high , and > once > set at 192, can I keep it there indefinitely?
The tradeoffs are between sound quality and file size. More kilobits per second gives you better sound quality, but the file sizes are bigger. I can't tell the difference between a CD and an MP3 when the rate is 192 kb/s, and rarely ever hear a difference at 160 kb/s. I can hear the difference at 128 kb/s on good playback equipment. My daughter, who knows a lot more about music than I do and has younger ears, claims she can tell the difference at 160 kb/s. Most of the time I listen to MP3s when I'm driving. (I have an in-dash MP3-CD player.) With all that background noise, there's no difference between 128 and an audio CD to my ears. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
