its not.. may flaws in the compression schema. in fact with my NEW Sennheiser HD650 headphones, hearing the difference is like NIGHT and DAY. Richard On May 2, 2005, at 9:55 AM, Kirk McElhearn wrote: > > On May 2, 2005, at 3:50 PM, Richard Nagle wrote: > >> First I try to avoid using AAC format at all cost, >> its not as good as mp3 rip @ 256 vbr with stereo >> and error correction on. > > That's a pretty bold statement... You're saying that AAC at any bit > rate is not as good as MP3 256 VBR? I disagree... I find that even 160 > kbps AAC is as good or better than 256 kbps MP3... > > > Kirk