david68;210700 Wrote: > What I don't want to do is copy say a hundred CD's and then discover > that I could have done it better for optimum audio quality. So I could > do with some advice... > ... However, it looks like Apple Lossless would be the best way to go > for streaming to my hifi. So, would you recommend re-importing into > itunes using Apple Lossless, or (given that I'm going to have to import > my CD collection again anyway) would you suggest looking at using > different software? ... Also, do you audiophiles out there with ipods > store two copies of each CD, one in lossless for your hifi and one in a > lossy format for your ipod?
This is what I do, and it works great for me - got a BIG (external) HD (are cheap nowadays), re-ripped all CD's with iTunes, settings Apple Lossless and Error Correction, have iTunes put them on the external. Make sure to clean up the collection (the tags aren't really perfect, and this is really the hardest part). This is the collection I use for my streaming. This is future-proof, one can always transcode to e.g. FLAC if there is a desire to do so, losslessly! But iTunes is SO much easier... Once all this is done, I set iTunes to MP3 in the setting I want (160 VBR), select my entire library, and with the menu-option "Advanced -> Convert to MP3" have iTunes (overnight...) transcode all to MP3, for my iPod. iTunes 7 can have different libraries, so this makes it easy. For evey new CD I repeat above, for that CD. Does this help? Evert -- Audiotic MacMini CoreDuo, 300 GB of ALAC music -> Black Transporter (via analog & digital out) -> Harman Kardon AVR 8500 & HK PA2200 Signature -> 6 x Mission 780SE & 78C & REL Strata III ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Audiotic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5912 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36362 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
