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What iTunes Settings.....

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RonW.

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Hard wire cable is in one room with time machine.
iMac computer is in another room.
2 channel stereo is in the den with an apple airport express in line. I can stream music from my iPhone or iPad to the airport express and run it through the 2ch stereo with no problems. Now I can see my entire iTunes library via home sharing, thanks guys again.

Now, what's the skinny on aiff, mp3's, apple lossless, flack...??? please explain in layman's term so I can understand.

I don't know much about this, but what is the best settings in iTunes for importing cd's to run through the above system?

Thanks in advance....

RonW.
 
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Destroysall

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Since you are only using iTunes (at least at moment it seems so), might as well stick with Apple's alternative to the lossless format.

Lossless formats are uncompressed files.. a direct-from-CD rip. They are relatively large files in terms of capacity.

Lossy formats are AAC, MP3, etc. The general recommendation for AAC is that it retains a bit rate of 256kbps whereas MP3 is generally recommended to be 320kbps.

My personal recommendation is that if you can afford the space, stick with lossless codecs. AIFF is a similar format to a WAV. ALAC (Apple Lossless) is similar to FLAC. There are some enthusiast who will claim that the only best format is AIFF and WAV. I personally think this difference becomes aware in higher end audio setups, so you should not be able to discern a difference.

If you cannot afford the space for your music, AAC (256kbps) will serve you well.

Hope that helps! :)
 
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