Hi Andrew, No problem; that’s why we’re here.
Unfortunately, no. The loss incurred by lossy encoding is permanent. You will have to re-rip those CDs. This incidentally highlights another obvious benefit of lossless formats: archival. When the next format-de-jour comes along, or if you simply find that you need higher quality encodes, a lossless format costs you nothing in ripping time, only conversion. iTunes Match supports a maximum of 256Kb AAC; anything beyond that is automatically downgraded to 256 Kb AAC. If you use iTunes Match, therefore, never download tracks to a device where you have lossless files, only copy or sync them across. Before the 128 GB iPhone, this was my only option for getting access to all my music; now, all my tracks fit on my iPhone in 256 Kb AAC, so I no longer need or want iTunes Match. It depends on what equipment you have and how much music you have, but I generally find that maintaining lossless files on my computer provides the best indoor experience both on speakers (computer or hi-fi) while AAC provides good enough performance while out of doors. AirPort Express always streams using Apple Lossless, so if you have speakers using AirPlay, that means you get full benefit from Apple Lossless. On an iPhone, where space needs to be saved, iTunes has the option of converting files as they are synced across, which you can find under the Summary section. Set that up to convert to 256 Kb AAC and you can maintain a library of lossless files which sync across to a manageable size on your iPhone. With most travel headphones, you probably can’t tell. Good luck on your ripping project. :) Cheers, Sabahattin -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
