[iTunes] Re: MP3 vs AAC

[Steve Martin]

Because AAC encoding is lossy.  The MP3 is decoded and reencoded with 
AAC.  The result has to be worse than the original MP3.

On Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at 12:31  PM, Daniel Neumayer wrote:

> Why do you say it has to be lossy????
>
>
> On Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at 08:33 AM, MacMIDI at aol.com wrote:
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> If the iPod will play either format, why do so many of you ask 
>> questions
>> about converting from MP3 to AAC. It has to be lossy.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Professor John Amaral
>>
>
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