[iTunes] Re: MP3 vs AAC

[Timothy Pitts]

On 4/29/03 5:49 PM, "MacMIDI at aol.com" <MacMIDI at aol.com> wrote:

> 
> In a message dated 4/29/03 5:28:24 PM, creinhart at creativebubble.com writes:
> 
> << > Hi guys,
>> 
> 
> AAC is suppose to be a better compression format
> Better quality smaller file sizes
> Thats the report, I haven't tested it yet
>>> 
> 
> It doesn't matter how good it is; if you convert from MP3 with a lossy
> protocol (AAC), the result will sound worse than the MP3 source. To get a
> better sound, you would have to go back to the original encoding (AIFF) on
> the CD. Is it really worth it? Doesn't the new iPod continue to play MP3's?
> 
> This is an important issue; I think. Do you want to convert your whole MP3
> collection to AAC, if it degrades the sound? Do you perhaps want to keep all
> your MP3s intact while you also convert everything to AAC? That would double
> your backup memory requirement.
> 
> Professor Amaral

And thus my reason from starting from scratch. I will import all of my CD's
again only at 128kbps (AAC) instead of 160kbps (MP3).


-- 
Timothy Pitts
tpitts at mac.com