I am going to be ripping all my cd's to itunes on my PC and then putting them on my ipod. Which file is better to use for best playback quality, WAV, AIFF or Appleloss Less. I just purchased a Rega Dac and a Wadia 171i transport. Thanks for any feedback.
Apple lossless...best for multiple reasons...no (theoretical) loss in quality...and much smaller drive consumption. (Note: I see theoretical...but In my experience...No loss in quality whatsoever.
One other thing...the only issue I've ever experienced re. applelossless on an IPOD is with the 3rd Generation Nano...there's a brief drop in the beginning of every song...Not real significant ...but there nonetheless...
Have not experienced this with other IPODs...likely a firmware type issue with that particular player...and not a bug with the software (as new versions have not mitigated).
They are all lossless, so they will be identical for playback quality. The only difference is Apple Lossless is compressed, whereas WAV and AIFF are uncompressed, so will take less disc space.
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