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AAC, AIFF, Lossless, MP3

Hey everyone... In anticipation of receiving an iPod for Christmas I burned all of my favorite songs from my CD collection using iTunes into Apple Lossless. I have about 10 gig worth of songs that need to fit into an 8 gig Nano and would like extra space for future songs, photos, etc.

What is the best option where I won't hear too much of a difference from Lossless format but takes up less space?

Thanks!
portugal11
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herman
2,280 posts
 
That is up to you. Convert a few of the lossless files to MP3 at various rates and listen. Choose the one that sounds OK to you.
thedautch
329 posts
 
I dunno, Tvad...if he has good earphones, he might be able to hear a difference. If he's using the stock pair, then I completely agree with you.

On a separate note, I like how Apple lets you have much more memory at a small price premium. My 80 GB version is literally only $100 more than an 8 GB Nano ($349 vs. $249), and a 30 GB version is only $50 more ($299).
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tboooe
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Only you can tell but when I tried all the different formats I found mp3 encoded at VBR 256 offered the best compromise between quality and space. In fact, my entire 40K song library is encoded in this format. In my system, and through the internal DAC of my Cary 306 SACD, I find the sound quality to be very close to the original cd. The difference is in micro details, soundstaging, and imaging.
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