On Tuesday, August 12, 2003, at 08:17 AM, John Pariseau wrote: > Well, when the audio leaves your computer - either from mp3 or aiff, > it is converted into an analog or digital (optical audio out) signal. > The only loss of quality you should get is from the fact that the aiff > file is of a higher quality than the mp3 - I would say, however, the > difference may be negligible. Try it out. Just create a playlist in > iTunes that is under 80 minutes, make sure there is a 2 second gap of > sound between each track (does your MD unit automatically create > tracks? I think some units can do this). Make use of iTunes! I have a dynamic playlist, max 75 minutes, only songs that have 4 or 5 star ratings from me, and I have not listened to the song in the last week. Turn off cross-fade, plug in MD, record on MD, play on Mac then go to bed! HTH, Matt Matteson Matt at DLzip.com www.MattMatteson.com