Converting Compressed Music?

Aidoscuz · 23 Apr 2006 at 17:11

Yesterday I won a 512MB MP3 player in a quiz

D) so I'm going to start loading some music onto it today. All my music is in AAC format at the moment since my brother has an iPod and uses my computer for his library, so I'll need to convert my music to MP3 or WMA for the player. Can I just convert my AACs into MP3 or would I be better off digging up the original CDs and re-ripping them?

Thanks

Aidoscuz · 24 Apr 2006 at 18:18

Thanks for the reply. I might as well get out the CDs - it's only 512MB I suppose so it shouldn't be too much of a chore.

Aidoscuz · 24 Apr 2006 at 18:36

Just one more question before I start ripping. Anyone have any recommendations as to what format and bit rate I should use? I was thinking of 128Kbps WMA's but I'm not sure how this'll sound.

Aidoscuz · 24 Apr 2006 at 19:52

Hmm, looks like an interesting thread. I might give it a try. So the basic gist is that most compressed files should sound decent enough if encoded properly? I'm using dbPowerAmp so I presume I should be fine with 128 or 160K. I'm using the stock headphones at the moment but I'm planning on getting some Sennheiser CX300s soon