[Ti] AAC vs MP3 (slightly OT)

[Sam Hotchkiss]

On 4/29/03 1:50 PM, "b" <galahad9 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Khyber Courchesne paused, thought it over, and spoke thusly:
> 
>> Should I just convert my mp3's to AAC, or will that result in even more
>> loss?  Should I instead rip all my CD's again directly to AAC?
> 
> Re-rip, definitely. Re-importing an already-imported mp3 will not
> replace or enhance whatever lossiness was involved in the first rip.
> Remember VHS video tapes?  All that washed-out color on copies of
> copies? It's worse where audio is concerned.

You're not going to gain anything, and it won't sound better-- but
converting them to AAC should not (actually, WILL not) make them sound
worse.  I just did 100 of my songs to check, and the MP3s sound IDENTICAL to
the AACs (I even managed to get them going in sync-- identical)
-- 
Samuel W. Hotchkiss
President, Contractor Services, LLC.
hotch at zlit.net

Laptop History: PB 145, PB 520c, PB 3400c, 400mhz Pismo, 400mhz TiBook,
667mhz TiBook (rev b), 1ghz TiBook