I do understand what you said about two music libraries, but I've decided that's the way to go after much experimentation. In my case, I got an 80GB iPod (only easily portable thing that could come close to accommodating most of my music collection in M4A format), did a batch transcoding job to copy all the FLACs I had to a mirrored M4A library, and now when I get a CD, I use REACT2 to simultaneously rip FLAC and M4A tracks. Why an iPod over a Creative, Cowon or other device? Major reason: I wanted to take my collection in the car and use my HU to control the music, and for better or worse Apple pretty much has that integration available in a way others do not. And in general the iPod accessories market is larger (and therefore more competitive) than what is available for other devices.
Heartily agree with the other posters on using something other than lossless on a portable device for all the reasons stated. In terms of the iPod, I found AAC (M4A) format slightly better in listening quality (at a given bitrate) than either VBR or CBR Lame-encoded MP3. -- Balthazar_B ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Balthazar_B's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7366 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35043 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
