True enough. If you've got the disk space AIFF is as good as it gets
since it is pretty much a bit for bit dump of what's on the CD. You can
choose AIFF as the encoder the same way you pick mp3 except that there
is no bitrate selection since it should be the 44.1Khz that the original
CD was recorded at. The downside is that a full CD of 74 minutes will
take about 682MB. At a decent 192kbps mp3 encoding will take about
107MB. That's why these encoders are so popular because you get a very
clear rendition of the original track in a fraction of the disk space.
The funny bit is that some folks actually like the mp3 encoded version
better than the original. There are debates over whether mp3 has lopped
off peaks that some would find annoying or whether people have just
grown accustom to how mp3s sound in general. Of course then there is the
crazy studio audio running 192kHz 24 bit, but that usually doesn't make
it to the consumer. Even if it did, like the rare chef who can't stand a
super taster test, only a few people would be able to tell the difference.
CB
On 4/30/12 1:41 PM, Lewis Alexander wrote:
the most accurate way of sound reproduction is to avoid MP3 altogether and use
AIFF format. OK it means that the CD in size may equal to AIFF in size but if
y're really serious about the quality of your audio, use AIFF and it's
supported on all ipods.
lew
On 30 Apr 2012, at 16:16, Stacey Robinson wrote:
Oh, I didn't know you could do that.
Where do I find that setting?
On Apr 30, 2012, at 9:49 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:
Probably, as I've heard of others doing it, but iTunes is probably the default
way most people rip CDs on the Mac. You might want to change the encoder on
iTunes to default to a high-bitrate mp3 if you don't want AAC encoding.
CB
On 4/30/12 9:17 AM, Stacey Robinson wrote:
Can you rip cd's with this player?
On Apr 30, 2012, at 7:46 AM, Jeffrey Shockley wrote:
VLC Media Player is free.
http://www.videolan.org/
HTH
On Apr 30, 2012, at 8:37 AM, Stacey Robinson wrote:
Hi,
Where can you buy vlc player, and how much is it?
I didn't see it in the app store.
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