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  AAC or AppleLossless
I am beginning to import all my CD's to my Apple laptop and want to know which is the best format to use for highest possible sound quality. I have heard recommendations for both AppleLossless and AAC. Anyone know from experience if one is better than the other? Thank you,
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06-02-05
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06-02-05   Apple loseless will cut file size by 50%, aac can perform gr ...   Onhwy61

06-02-05   I have imported most of my files in applelossless with the r ...   Tvad

06-02-05   If you assume that you will (at some time) be porting the da ...   Peter_s

06-02-05: Pardales
I do plan to store all the music I import to a 500GB hardrive, and then pump it out through USB Waveterminal 24, and in the future, maybe a DAC. It sounds like the Apple lossless is not all its cracked up to be? There was an article a few weeks back on AudioRevolution.com about using a Music Server (Apple/iTunes) and the author suggested using AAC. When you use AAC you can adjust the khz and sampling rate. When I have some time I am going to try to import the same disc in both formats and see how it sounds piped through my stereo. That may be the only way to know for sure.
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06-03-05   For serious listening apple lossless only! also see j. atk ...   Aida_w

06-03-05   Aida_w, in my opinion, the ipod does not lend itself well as ...   Tvad

06-03-05   Tvad, the post is about using a computer as a music server, ...   Onhwy61

06-03-05: Pardales
Not at all. My entire collection will easily fit on this 500Gb drive with no problem. So, I am not asking about this because of space issues. I am really only interested in the best quality. Apple Lossless it sounds like?
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06-03-05   Pardales, all 54 gigs of my ipod hard drive are songs in app ...   Thedautch

06-03-05   You're right, onhwy61. sorry. if i had a reference quality ...   Tvad

06-04-05: Pardales
My system is set-up now and I am beginnning to import music to iTunes using AppleLossless. The sound quality through the Waveterminal U24 has far exceeded my expectations. It sounds great!
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06-04-05   There are other issues with lossless i have started a few t ...   Cwlondon

06-09-05   If you want maximum quality - that is to say to use a hard d ...   Ckorody

06-09-05   As i understand it, the startup disc is the hd you should le ...   Fishpatrol

08-24-05   Question for all you pc and itunes users: do you have bit p ...   W9tr

08-25-05   I have 1,500 cd's ripped with apple lossless. they are stor ...   Ghunter

08-25-05   The big deal is that with a pc based platform running xp, i ...   W9tr

08-26-05   the chaintech 710 with the evvy 24 chip is a good source fo ...   Racerxnet

08-26-05   Racernet, understand, there are multiple ways of getting bit ...   W9tr

08-26-05   Tom, i've streamed dts multi-channel files via itunes to my ...   Cjtalbot

08-26-05   Google is such a great thing... i just searched for "k ...   Ghunter

08-26-05   Tom, i have not used itunes, so i cannot comment further on ...   Racerxnet

08-27-05   Chris - thanks for the tip! are you using a pc or a mac? if ...   W9tr


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