What Bit Rate do You Use to Import Songs to iTunes?

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  • Reply 21 of 38
    160 AAC
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  • Reply 22 of 38
    fred_ljfred_lj Posts: 607member
    I'll fifth the 160 AAC -- re-ripped entire library into this. The difference from 128 AAC was surprisingly noticeable, especially with some classical albums.
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  • Reply 23 of 38
    bka77bka77 Posts: 331member
    160 AAC.

    Still reripping my library. Mainly because of space saving potential, without the loss of sound quality.
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  • Reply 24 of 38
    nofeernofeer Posts: 2,427member
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    Originally posted by Mr. H

    I only listen to my ripped songs through earphones (when I want to do serious listening I use a CD player), so I did a lot of comparisons before ripping my collection and came to the conclusion that 128 kbps AAC was the way to go.



    Interestingly, through earphones I can't tell the difference between it and the source, whilst anything below 192 in mp3 format sounds pretty horrible to me.




    many threads say the same thing, i agree completely

    aac 128. mp3 i won't use--lower quality higher storage requirements



    I APPLE THEREFORE I AM.
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  • Reply 25 of 38
    cubedudecubedude Posts: 1,556member
    320 AAC. Nuff' said.
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  • Reply 26 of 38
    ryaxnbryaxnb Posts: 583member
    96kbps (!) AAC.
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  • Reply 27 of 38
    gycgyc Posts: 90member
    192kbps AAC for classical music, 128kbps AAC for everything else.
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  • Reply 28 of 38
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    192 AAC.



    Songs from the iTMS (128 AAC) sound just fine to me, so I guess I should encode at that or 160, but I'm a paranoid
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  • Reply 29 of 38
    andersanders Posts: 6,523member
    192 AAC for everything.
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  • Reply 30 of 38
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ast3r3x

    Songs from the iTMS (128 AAC) sound just fine to me...



    Doesn't the iTMS offer different Bit-Rates? Is everything at 128AAC? Do you think it would be a draw if they offered stuff at 192 for example, or would it just undermine the idea that AAC is good enuf at 128?
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  • Reply 31 of 38
    whisperwhisper Posts: 735member
    160 AAC, 192 MP3
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  • Reply 32 of 38
    160 AAC
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  • Reply 33 of 38
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by SonOfSylvanus

    Doesn't the iTMS offer different Bit-Rates? Is everything at 128AAC? Do you think it would be a draw if they offered stuff at 192 for example, or would it just undermine the idea that AAC is good enuf at 128?



    I believe it's 128 or nothing I think that they decided 128 was close enough that they didn't need to go higher. I don't know that any store offers multiple bit-rates as they would have to either store all the different bit-rate songs or have to encode them every time you want a different file version which would mean storing the wav or high quality aac on their servers still taking up space. I don't think that more then 90% of the people that listen to the songs will be able to tell the difference.



    Although I'll tell you, I don't have a stereo that I can tell the difference with but I think that if I used Shure's E5 earbuds I might be able to tell the difference.
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  • Reply 34 of 38
    160k AAC. Much better than 192mp3 that I used to use, and the file sizes are about the same. I love AAC.
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  • Reply 35 of 38
    paulppaulp Posts: 67member
    Without wishing to sound too repetitive, 160 AAC is the bad boy and a natural progression if you're used to 192 MP3.
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  • Reply 36 of 38
    mattyjmattyj Posts: 898member
    160kbps is 'where it's at' for AAC.



    You don't really need anymore than that. The only reason I use 160kbps and not 128kbps is because I'm paranoid. I'll probably end upmoving to 128kbps soon though, on the ITMS its sounds perfectly fine.
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  • Reply 37 of 38
    320 MP3, not because I can, but because chose to.
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