Yeah, AAC is reckoned to be better quality than MP3 for same bitrate
I've read that 320kbps MP3 is pretty indistinguishable from CD to the average ear (1120kbps I think)
The only reason to use MP3 over AAC is that it's universal - a lot of non-iPods don't support it and if you burn to CD, a lot of CD/DVD players don't recognise AAC.
Transcoding from one bitrate to another or one format to another is a bad idea.
Posted By: BerlinCanary on February 8th 2010 at 13:44:39
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- Anyone good with iTunes? (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 8, 13:12:41
- here's what you need to check..... (General Chat) - Pixelman, Feb 8, 15:09:04
- Try this... (General Chat) - jafski, Feb 8, 13:38:29
- i updated over the weekend and it's still happening, cheers though (n/m) (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 8, 13:56:40
- I that case the next thing I would try in order to eliminate it as a possible cause is (General Chat) - jafski, Feb 8, 14:05:59
- Think man! (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Feb 8, 14:07:22
- Actually yes, now I have thought some more (General Chat) - jafski, Feb 8, 14:10:53
- You've let us down again (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Feb 8, 14:19:31
- Actually yes, now I have thought some more (General Chat) - jafski, Feb 8, 14:10:53
- Think man! (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Feb 8, 14:07:22
- I that case the next thing I would try in order to eliminate it as a possible cause is (General Chat) - jafski, Feb 8, 14:05:59
- i updated over the weekend and it's still happening, cheers though (n/m) (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 8, 13:56:40
- When you say a bit lost... (General Chat) - APB, Feb 8, 13:23:47
- I'm on a new PC, (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 8, 13:25:48
- and.. (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 8, 13:26:21
- Do the iPod and iPhone sound OK? (General Chat) - APB, Feb 8, 13:38:48
- its sounding great for 75% of CD's imported, it's just the rest (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 8, 13:55:48
- Sounds like the CDs then - scratched? How do they sound when played directly? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Feb 8, 13:58:54
- their not skipping, and they sound fine on a hi-fi (n/m) (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 8, 14:01:21
- How do they sound if played in iTunes? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Feb 8, 14:06:39
- their not skipping, and they sound fine on a hi-fi (n/m) (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 8, 14:01:21
- Sounds like the CDs then - scratched? How do they sound when played directly? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Feb 8, 13:58:54
- Yeah, AAC is reckoned to be better quality than MP3 for same bitrate (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Feb 8, 13:44:39
- I was disappointed by the quality when streaming (General Chat) - APB, Feb 8, 13:48:36
- You have a wireless stereo? Didn't even know that was possible! (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Feb 8, 13:54:28
- No to both those things. (General Chat) - APB, Feb 8, 13:58:31
- Ah, I see - you're wired from AE to the stereo and the streaming is from PC/Mac to AE? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Feb 8, 14:03:36
- No to both those things. (General Chat) - APB, Feb 8, 13:58:31
- You have a wireless stereo? Didn't even know that was possible! (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Feb 8, 13:54:28
- I was disappointed by the quality when streaming (General Chat) - APB, Feb 8, 13:48:36
- its sounding great for 75% of CD's imported, it's just the rest (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 8, 13:55:48
- Might just be your PC speakers or sound card - music sounds terrible on my PowerBook (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Feb 8, 13:36:40
- Do the iPod and iPhone sound OK? (General Chat) - APB, Feb 8, 13:38:48
- and.. (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 8, 13:26:21
- I'm on a new PC, (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 8, 13:25:48
- Jaffers is your man (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Feb 8, 13:15:25
- Well... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Feb 8, 13:20:03
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