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Since iTunes 4 ... How Are You Encoding?
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Jusr wondering how you were encoding your music before and after the release of iTunes 4 and AAC encoding:
Before: 320 KB/S MP3
Now: 256 KB/S AAC
To me the 256 AAC is indistinguishable from the 320 MP3 file and in almost all cases sounds much better on my Cambridge Soundworks 2.1 system.
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before: 128 mp3, now: 112 AAC
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Before: VBR Mp3's (140-190 range)
After: 128 AAC's
iPod says he can carry more songs now. 
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128 AAC's when I download from iTMS, 160 AAC otherwise.
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Before: 128 kbps VBR MP3
After: 128 kbps AAC
Use more space on the hard drive is not worth it. As a computer is not a hifi component, you don't need the extreme quality. For quality I have MiniDisc and CD.
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Before: 192 mp3's
Now: 160 aac
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Before: 192 MP3 VBR
Now: 192 AAC
Truth-be-known, I would be encoding 160 AAC, but a friend of mine and I share the ripping effort, and he wants his at 192, so there we go.
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Before iTunes 4: 192 kbps VBR
After: 128 kbps AAC
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"The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it." -Abe Simpson
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Before: 160-192 Mp3
After: 128 AAC
Hooray for AAC!
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Before: 192 MP3
Now: 160 AAC
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Before: Highest VBR MP3 (160k floor)
Now: 128k AAC
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Join Date: Jul 2001
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Before: 128 kb/s mp3
Now: 128 kb/s AAC - Music
96 kb/s AAC - Spoken Word
Basically, as long as I have the original CD I don't feel bad about encoding at a "lower than optimum" bitrate. As long as I can hear the lyrics and the hook I'm fine. 128 mp3's were always fine on my headset and in my car, and 128 AAC are even just a little better at the same file size. And spoken word sounds great at 96.
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Before: 256 Kbps MP3
Now: 256 Kbps MP3
For the time being AAC is too restrictive. None of my machines (besides my Mac and iPod) support AAC.
I can't hear a difference between 256 MP3 and 320 MP3, but I can hear one between 256 and 192.
To me the 256 AAC is indistinguishable from the 320 MP3 file and in almost all cases sounds much better on my Cambridge Soundworks 2.1 system.
 You can't hear a difference but it sounds better?
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For a long time I used 128 mp3, and actually I think this sounds find for most things. But recently I decided that I might want to make it a bit higher, so I changed to 192 mp3. But since iTunes 4 I am using 160 AAC.
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MP3 @ 192.
I don't want to 1) take the time to convert to AAC and 2) have to deal with incompatability with other users or if Apple's little push to move to AAC fails.
MP3's cool with me for now. 
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Senior User
Join Date: Jan 2002
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MP3 @ 192, mostly because I can then share with the rest of the comunity.
I can hear the difference between MP3 192 and ACC 192. I think one of these weekends I am going to sit down and re-incode all my cds to 192 ACC.
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300th post!
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Edmonton, AB
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256kbps VBR MP3. Gotta be able to share and burn mp3 cd's.
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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I gave up on VBR. It works 95% of the time with various hardware/software combinations, but CBR works 99% of the time.
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Professional Poster
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I'm a "take the default" kind of guy. 160 MP3 previously. 128 AAC now.
OAW
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Mac Elite
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Before: 160 MP3
Now: 160 AAC
It just sounds much better.
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Before: Min. 160kbs VBR MP3
After: 128kbs AAC 
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2001
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from MP3 160 to AAC 160, the new codec is definitely welcome.
Originally posted by Developer:
before: 128 mp3, now: 112 AAC
that's cheap man ...
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Professional Poster
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pre iTunes 4: 160 KBit/sec, VBR, MP3
since iTunes 4: AAC 128
"A 1250 Songs in your pocket."
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Dedicated MacNNer
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Originally posted by dtriska:
192 MP3 to 128 AAC.
ditto
---gralem
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Chicago, IL
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Before: 160 MP3
Now: 128 AAC
It sounds good enough to me
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Moderator Emeritus  Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Austin, MN, USA
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Originally posted by JHromadka:
Before: 192 MP3
Now: 160 AAC
Same.
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