[X4U] Which format for Music?

[Crandon David]

Jim,

What you say is true. However, if the AIFF file is also loseless, as  
well as noncompressed,  wouldn't that make it truer to the original?

David


On Aug 13, 2005, at 10:12 PM, Jim Warthman wrote:

> David,
> The key thing here is *lossless*. MP3 encoders are not lossless,  
> but ALE is.
>
> For instance, a .zip file is compressed, but no information is lost!
>
> Compression is not synonymous with lost information.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> -- Jim
>
>
> On 2005-08-13 9:51 PM, "Crandon David" <tabdave at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>> If I'm not mistaken, Apples Lossless Encoder still compresses
>> somewhat, therefore, I  believe the AIFF encoder, which is analogous
>> to the way CD's are recorded themselves, is the choice you want.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> On Aug 13, 2005, at 2:04 PM, Thomas Bulat wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I plan on loading a number of my CDs into iTunes, and I noticed that
>>> Apple gives you the choice of the following encodings:
>>> AAC Encoder
>>> AIFF Encoder
>>> Apple Lossless Encoder
>>> MP3 Encoder
>>> WAV Encoder
>>>
>>> I want the highest fidelity lossless encoder for the music.
>>>
>>> Which one should I use?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance, and so long for now, TOM
>>>
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