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Which format to use - mp3 vs. windows lossless,

This has probably been covered before, but as a new fan of the Gon, I'll try to be concise. I have downloaded my music in mp3 format in the past. I decided to try Window's lossless format.
The same song in mp3 was recorded at 320 kbps and 12.56MB file size. In lossless it is 470 to 940 variable bits and 36.9MB.
I thought there would be a noticeable improvement, but it was only marginal. My question is going forward, which format should I use for the best fidelity. Thanks.
ranwal67
cytocycle
1,043 posts
 
Sfar: Media Monkey gold on the PC will convert on the fly to an IPOD for the PC, plus you can pull your music off an ipod! Great software compared to Itunes.. it also pulls album covers from Amazon.
kthomas
911 posts
 
Windows Lossless, IMO. While they are 3X the size, the price of a 500Gb external USB drive is under $200 now. That's the better part of 2000 CDs ripped in a lossless format and fully backed up for less than $400, and getting cheaper all the time.
stereotaipei
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Lossless format: FLAC encoded with EAC, tagged with Tag&Renamed. I like it because the tagging is quite convenient, and I use a slim devices squeezebox and a transporter which are converting internally to FLAC anyway (if you don't use FLAC you cannot use the fast forward function on the squeezebox)

I use another copy in MP3 for Ipod nano... and another in Apple lossless for 80gb Ipod
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