[CUBE] itunes 4-Where to now?

[Thubten Kunga]

Yes but a 128kbps AAC rip sounds BETTER than a 192kbps MP3 rip to my 
ears. Check it out. I don't hear how you are going to gain anything by 
ripping AAC files larger than 128kbps. But that's just my old 
ears/brain writing.

I think what is most amazing to my ears/brain is that a ripped 128kbps 
AAC file from a 192kbps MP3 source file sounds as good as or BETTER 
than the original. How the hell is that possible? Are my ears fooling 
me with Dolby's magic formula or what? Or is it just a placebo effect — 
part of Steve's Reality Distortion Field?

I must say that I am fully converted to the idea that AAC files SOUND 
BETTER than MP3 files. I plan on re-ripping all of my CDs into the AAC 
format because of this discovery.

k

On Friday, May 2, 2003, at 10:10  AM, David Flory wrote:

> macjedi at mac.com wrote:
>
>> That's what I'd like to see. I rip everything now at 192k in MP3, and 
>> was a
>> little disappointed to see that iTunes only allows 128k AAC.
>
> You didn't look hard enough. If you go into iTunes 4 prefs and click 
> on import and pick Custom and then look at the drop down menu you'll 
> see it goes up to 320k in AAC. Enjoy!