AAC sounds better than mp3 at a lower bitrate so 196 would probably be
equivalent to 256 mp3s. AAC has native support in the Ipod too.
Vorbis excels at 64-128 but I wouldnt want to archive my music that
way. One of the devs is working on improving higher bit rates, I think
its called GT3 or something but its still in beta and development has
slowed at least according to the folks at hydrogen audio.
On Tuesday, May 6, 2003, at 16:18 Atlantic/Reykjavik, Thomas D. Cox,
Jr. wrote:
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From: a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
mp3s made with the lame encoder are indistinguishable(blind
tests) from
the original wavs @ 256
If your only experience with mp3 is from audiogalaxy or kazaa
where you
will run into xing mp3s @ 128 then yeah, *those* mp3s will suck ;)
.ogg sounds MUCH better than mp3 at lower bitrate. this saves you
space for much much more music. theres much less high end noise
with .ogg as well as cleaner bigger bass sounds.
tom
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