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what quality/size do you keep your mp3's?

himynameiscody

himynameiscody

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how much of a difference is the quality? does it take up a lot more space to increase? what do CD's or digital itunes downloads come at
 
Subjective. Encode at different settings and compare for yourself. What I (or anyone else) prefer is not necessarily what you will prefer. I use VBR and encode with LAME.
 
320.

How big a difference that provides over 128 depends upon your equipment. If you only use the white earbuds, then sound quality is not a big concern to you.
 
I usually go with 192. Saves space and I honestly can't tell the difference from 320. I use klipsch image s4's, decent headphones.
 
Brazzy said:
whatever form has the most seeders on what.
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damn pirates.
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shikari89 said:
I usually go with 192. Saves space and I honestly can't tell the difference from 320. I use klipsch image s4's, decent headphones.
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I got those! My ibeats broke so I picked up those. Paid $55
 
320 as WAV and FLAC take up too much space to warrant the sq. back last year I was really into portable audio so, of course, I ran FLAC and 320kbs.

Converted everything to 320 and I'll stay here for a while. If you don't have "good" equipment (not Bose, not Beats) then you'll benefit over 256, depending on the genre.
 
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I had no idea there was so many formats. I don't feel like checking all my songs.


Btw beats and bose are decent/good....just overpriced
 
loseless... and unless you have high quality (over $150) headphones, you probably won't notice the difference... and bose and dre are way overpriced... you are paying for the brand on these headphones
 
Whenever possible, all the MP3s in my library are 320. iTunes and Amazon only offer 256, so I'm still hesitant to buy from them unless it's something exclusive. If I want to squeeze more songs onto a device, I let iTunes change it to 128 AAC, since that doesn't actually change the files in my library.
 
xorjo said:
loseless... and unless you have high quality (over $150) headphones, you probably won't notice the difference... and bose and dre are way overpriced... you are paying for the brand on these headphones
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Don't even get me started on those pieces of crap. Grado 325is's here. Much better. :)
 
CD>Apple Lossless
"?">FLAC>Apple Lossless

Much less music, much better sound.

Klipsch X10i + 64gb iPhone

Could not be happier.
 
oshia86 said:
Don't even get me started on those pieces of crap. Grado 325is's here. Much better. :)
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I am seriously considering picking up another pair of IEMs. At the prices they are right now, I don't really feel like spending over 200 for decent pair. I used to have some Shure 535, triple fis, UM3X's, etc. All great, amazing. Maybe I'll wait until this black Friday or something.
 
My highest: 1411 kbps :eek: (45MB for a 4:30 song)
My lowest: 8K kbps :eek: (2MB for a 4:30 song)
The majority: 192 kbps (7MB for a 4:30 song)
 
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