AAC conversion

[Les Posen]

On Wednesday, April 30, 2003, at 10:41  AM, iTunesList wrote:

> 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

Moreover, swapping mp3 files with friends is one thing; AAC swapping  
will only work if those same friends have the option to both read and  
convert those files back to mp3 for further loss....

Is this correct?

Les

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