Re: AAC or MP3

On Aug 17, 2004, at 10:50 AM, Peter Gutbrod wrote:

> Let me start with an argument pro MP3:
>
> Most (all?) MP3-CD/DVD player cannot read AAC files. To make a MP3 CD 
> you
> have to convert your selected AAC files to MP3, burn the CD and delete 
> the
> MP3 (or have f.e. TOAST make the conversion). That takes much more 
> time and
> is not as easy as just burning a CD in iTunes from MP3 tracks.

Let me counter with an argument pro AAC:

After ripping my 600+ CDs into Apple Lossless, I find that I can convert
them to AAC at a lesser bitrate than I could at MP3.  (1/6 .vs. 1/5 of
the bitrate of the Apple Lossless source.  Over my collection, this mean
29GB for AAC and 33GB for MP3.  While 4GB may not seem important, to an
iPod user it certainly is.

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