Trying to get highest quality tracks..

[kinkster]

I'm trying to get the highest quality tracks for a band called A Perfect Circle that I listen to often.

Will CDs provide better/as good audio as I could get anywhere else?

And once I have the CDs, how should I encode them for maximum quality? Space isn't a concern but it does need to be compatible with the iphone 3g.

 

[Sky Blue]

Encode them as Apple Lossless

 

[kinkster]

Okay.

Just curious how big would an average song be?

 

[alphaod]

A 4-minute song is around 40MB

Lossless is VBR, so some songs will be encoded lossless at a higher bit rate than others and result in a bigger file.

 

[Jolly Jimmy]

I'd say a 4 min song is more like 20 - 30 MB. None of my 5 min songs even go over 35 MB.

 

[j5045096]

Why not just to do .wav is space is not a concern? It's like having the original quality cd track...

 

[Jolly Jimmy]

It's like having the original quality cd track...

As is Apple Lossless...

 

[Galley]

Also, WAV files do not support tagging.

 

[alphaod]

I'd say a 4 min song is more like 20 - 30 MB. None of my 5 min songs even go over 35 MB.

What do you mean "more like"? If your songs are 20MB-30MB for 4 minutes then just say your songs are 20-30MB in size. Don't say "more like" since the implication is I'm making crap up.

 

[Jolly Jimmy]

What do you mean "more like"? If your songs are 20MB-30MB for 4 minutes then just say your songs are 20-30MB in size. Don't say "more like" since the implication is I'm making crap up.

..... I'm sorry that you seem to take my comment to heart. Seriously, no implication intended, I was just speaking from personal experience.