Re: What is the best format for an Ipod
- From: Wilbur Slice <wilbur@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:52:56 -0600
On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:53:02 -0600, Misifus
<rafseibert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Tony Weber wrote:
Ok, being dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century here.
Mainly because a friend of mind got an Iphone, and has given me his 30
gig Ipod.
So, I'm looking through the manual trying to figure out how to use the
thing. Now, right at the moment all the music that is going to go onto
it will be ripped from my CD collection. What I want to know, and the
manual is unclear on, is the following:
Does ITunes, when ripping from a cd, give you an option of what format
that you rip to?
If so, what is the best format for audio quality, regardless of
filesize. I'd rather have things sound as good as they can, and have
fewer on the drive, than have a plethora of music that sounds like crap.
The list appears to be ACC variants to 320kbps, Apple Lossless, MP3 to
320, MP3 Variable, WAV, AA or AIFF.
If ITunes does not give you a choice, suggestions of what to use.
Merci
TW
I believe iTunes does give you a choice of formats, however - if you're
going to put them on an iPod, they'll go on the iPod in MP3 format,
regardless of how they're stored on your computer.
Not true. the iPod can use many formats. In fact, while it CAN use
MP3, it is not the default (MP4, aka AAC is the default format).
Tony - I would suggest two things:
1) As someone else suggested, rip a few songs in several different
formats (AAC, Apple Lossless and WAV for sure, maybe a couple
different bitrates) and then load them to the iPosd and listen to
them. Use several different songs with things like high dynamic
range, quiet spots, some with high-frequency things like sizzling
cymbals, etc. Take the smallest filesize that sounds good to you. If
you can't hear the difference between the smaller AAC (or MP3, if you
like) file and the highest quality (Apple lossless or WAV), then use
the smaller sized files. A friend of mine once postulated McDonnell's
Law, which says "If it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." Great
words to live by, and applicable here. I have developed a corollary
called Ross's Corollary, inspired largely by sleazy stereo salesmen,
which says "If it takes an oscilloscope to tell the difference, it
doesn't matter."
2) Upgrade the earphones. I don't have any specific recommendations,
but Koss, Sennheiser, etc. all have iPod earphones (buds, and various
open and closed phones), and they will probably give you the biggest
boost in sound quality. I have some Sennheisers (I don't remember
which model) that sound better than the Apple ones, and they fit my
ear better.
.
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