Ripping CDs to play on iPod
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Now that I have my iPod connected to the car, I wanted to rip my CD collection to my PC hard drive, and wanted to get recommendations from the audiophiles here regarding the format (MP3, AAC, etc,) and bitrate you're using. Before I invest the time ripping all my CDs I wanted to get feedback from the experts here. TIA.
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I have a 40 Gb iPod and decided to use the Apple Lossless file format (which on average is about 50% of an AIFF file). This gives me incredible sound quality from the iPod at the expense of fewer tracks - but it is still several days continuous play without repetition.
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Originally Posted by PaulK' date='Jun 16 2005, 08:45 AM
I have a 40 Gb iPod and decided to use the Apple Lossless file format (which on average is about 50% of an AIFF file).? This gives me incredible sound quality from the iPod at the expense of fewer tracks - but it is still several days continuous play without repetition.
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After a little web research, I found a great solution for ripping high quality MP3s. I'm using Exact Audio Copy with the LAME encoder at 256 kbps VBR (variable bit rate). I ripped ~ 2,000 songs (~ 150 albums) and it used 15 GB of my 20 GB iPod, and you'd be hard pressed to distinguish the quality from a CD in the car.
I went with MP3 vs. AAC (the iTunes default) in case I ever want to play songs on another player (and the majority of them use MP3). I used Exact Audio Copy since the MP3 encoder in iTunes is not very high quality.
Good info here:
http://users.pandora.be/satcp/tutorials.htm
I went with MP3 vs. AAC (the iTunes default) in case I ever want to play songs on another player (and the majority of them use MP3). I used Exact Audio Copy since the MP3 encoder in iTunes is not very high quality.
Good info here:
http://users.pandora.be/satcp/tutorials.htm
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LAME 256k VBR should sound pretty decent to most people. I can't stand the sound of 128k mp3's or AAC's. I have a lot of files at 192k VBR, and I'm ok with those, although they do not sound as good as the original cd to me, certainly. But given the amount of music I want on my iPod, 192k vbr was ok with me.
One difference about car vs home audiophile listening is the fact that the car presents a noisier environment. Thus, a little less dynamic range on classical music is just fine with me. For rock and pop and jazz, the dynamic range usually isn't all that wide anyway.
One difference about car vs home audiophile listening is the fact that the car presents a noisier environment. Thus, a little less dynamic range on classical music is just fine with me. For rock and pop and jazz, the dynamic range usually isn't all that wide anyway.
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I got the iPod primarily for car use, and don't plan to use it with my home sound system, and in the car (with the non-perfect environment) at 256k VBR the sound quality is excellent. Also sound great with the earbuds.
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Originally Posted by stream' date='Jun 19 2005, 08:31 AM
After a little web research, I found a great solution for ripping high quality MP3s.? I'm using Exact Audio Copy with the LAME encoder at 256 kbps VBR (variable bit rate).? I ripped ~ 2,000 songs (~ 150 albums) and it used 15 GB of my 20 GB iPod, and you'd be hard pressed to distinguish the quality from a CD in the car.
I went with MP3 vs. AAC (the iTunes default) in case I ever want to play songs on another player (and the majority of them use MP3).? I used Exact Audio Copy since the MP3 encoder in iTunes is not very high quality.
Good info here:
http://users.pandora.be/satcp/tutorials.htm
I went with MP3 vs. AAC (the iTunes default) in case I ever want to play songs on another player (and the majority of them use MP3).? I used Exact Audio Copy since the MP3 encoder in iTunes is not very high quality.
Good info here:
http://users.pandora.be/satcp/tutorials.htm
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The exact same setup I use. I've yet to find something better. Good choice.
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