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iTunes Library: Managing aiff and mp3 files
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<blockquote data-quote="Kevriano" data-source="post: 1160106" data-attributes="member: 18605"><p>No, iTunes conversion is decent. 128 in general is very poor, especially converting down from AIFF. It's because it's massively compressed, and the way that MP3 works is by removing frequencies that the human ear can't detect in normal situations. However, those frequencies are what give the music it's depth. This I'm sure you know, as you are an audiophile.</p><p>For the difference it makes 192 is a bare minimum, and 256/320 better still, but of course, those aren't so small.</p><p>I don't like AAC myself, and it makes smaller files. I always think it sounds very thin.</p><p>If you do go to 192, you should just about get down to 30GB, but that's not going to leave you much space for anything else. At a pinch there is also 160, a happy medium maybe?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevriano, post: 1160106, member: 18605"] No, iTunes conversion is decent. 128 in general is very poor, especially converting down from AIFF. It's because it's massively compressed, and the way that MP3 works is by removing frequencies that the human ear can't detect in normal situations. However, those frequencies are what give the music it's depth. This I'm sure you know, as you are an audiophile. For the difference it makes 192 is a bare minimum, and 256/320 better still, but of course, those aren't so small. I don't like AAC myself, and it makes smaller files. I always think it sounds very thin. If you do go to 192, you should just about get down to 30GB, but that's not going to leave you much space for anything else. At a pinch there is also 160, a happy medium maybe? [/QUOTE]
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