For you audiophiles w/ mp3 players that support AAC

[Ricemarine]

Yeah, planning for the Ipod Nano (oh noes... and I used to be an apple hater...), and after encoding a 192 kbps mp3 into a 320 kbps AAC, I heard a huge difference. Also tried 320 kb/s mp3 (even though it probably didn't make much of a difference...), and heard a bit of a difference...

But the question stands... What bitrate do you people with mp3 players that support AAC use? How high until you can't hear a difference?

 

[imported_goku]

LOL, "For you audiopholes w/ mp3 players that support AAC". Audiophiles who have MP3 players that support AAC AREN'T audiophiles.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine
Yeah, planning for the Ipod Nano (oh noes... and I used to be an apple hater...), and after encoding a 192 kbps mp3 into a 320 kbps AAC, I heard a huge difference. Also tried 320 kb/s mp3 (even though it probably didn't make much of a difference...), and heard a bit of a difference...

But the question stands... What bitrate do you people with mp3 players that support AAC use? How high until you can't hear a difference?

No you didn't, placebo

 

[imported_goku]

LOL RiceMarine, I assume that your an apple hater like most of us because of inferior products and when you saw the nano, you no longer hate it because "it isn't inferior" but once you've used it for a while, you see all the fuss about being "an apple hater". I also find humor in the fact you think that transcoding from 192K MP3 to 320AAC improved the audio quality. I think you've suffered from the placebo effect.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: sheik124

Originally posted by: Ricemarine
Yeah, planning for the Ipod Nano (oh noes... and I used to be an apple hater...), and after encoding a 192 kbps mp3 into a 320 kbps AAC, I heard a huge difference. Also tried 320 kb/s mp3 (even though it probably didn't make much of a difference...), and heard a bit of a difference...

But the question stands... What bitrate do you people with mp3 players that support AAC use? How high until you can't hear a difference?

No you didn't, placebo

QFT

 

[BW86]

lol..

 

[IAteYourMother]

ahahaha

 

[Pabster]

Anyone who uses either MP3 or AAC isn't a true audiophile.

 

[Howard]

LOL @ effect of conversion from 192 to 320

To tell you the truth, if anything, it would have sounded worse. You cannot get something from nothing.

 

[Crescent13]

AAC 320kbps 48khz. ONLY BECAUSE I HAVE TO!!! (no room on ipod mini). Everything on my computer is WAV 1411kbps 41khz.

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: Howard
LOL @ effect of conversion from 192 to 320

To tell you the truth, if anything, it would have sounded worse. You cannot get something from nothing.

The only logic I can see would be the Upcoversion DVD players that upconvert DVD video from 480P to like 720P or 1080P.

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: Crescent13
AAC 320kbps 48khz. ONLY BECAUSE I HAVE TO!!! (no room on ipod mini). Everything on my computer is WAV 1411kbps 41khz.

FLAC FTW bro, trust me, you'll love it!

 

[Crescent13]

Originally posted by: goku

Originally posted by: Crescent13
AAC 320kbps 48khz. ONLY BECAUSE I HAVE TO!!! (no room on ipod mini). Everything on my computer is WAV 1411kbps 41khz.

FLAC FTW bro, trust me, you'll love it!

Ipod doesn't support FLAC as far as I know

 

[suse920]

lol... and hows that 5 gig "flash drive" going?

 

[Crescent13]

Originally posted by: suse920
lol... and hows that 5 gig "flash drive" going?

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: Crescent13

Originally posted by: goku

Originally posted by: Crescent13
AAC 320kbps 48khz. ONLY BECAUSE I HAVE TO!!! (no room on ipod mini). Everything on my computer is WAV 1411kbps 41khz.

FLAC FTW bro, trust me, you'll love it!

Ipod doesn't support FLAC as far as I know

LOL, you JUST SAID that your ipod has no room so you use AAC and that everything on your computer are WAVs so you could just convert them to FLAC and save space....

 

[suse920]

Originally posted by: Crescent13

Originally posted by: suse920
lol... and hows that 5 gig "flash drive" going?

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=38&threadid=1689987&enterthread=y

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: Crescent13

Originally posted by: goku

Originally posted by: Crescent13
AAC 320kbps 48khz. ONLY BECAUSE I HAVE TO!!! (no room on ipod mini). Everything on my computer is WAV 1411kbps 41khz.

FLAC FTW bro, trust me, you'll love it!

Ipod doesn't support FLAC as far as I know

Apple Lossless? Maybe they haven't added support for their mobile players yet....but surely you can transcode on transfer?

Besides, transcode from WAV --> FLAC --> WMA lossless --> Apple Lossless --> APE --> back to WAV = exact same audio quality.

Personally, I've been re-ripping all my crap to WMA lossless today.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2

Originally posted by: Crescent13

Originally posted by: goku

Originally posted by: Crescent13
AAC 320kbps 48khz. ONLY BECAUSE I HAVE TO!!! (no room on ipod mini). Everything on my computer is WAV 1411kbps 41khz.

FLAC FTW bro, trust me, you'll love it!

Ipod doesn't support FLAC as far as I know

Apple Lossless? Maybe they haven't added support for their mobile players yet....but surely you can transcode on transfer?

nano supports lossless. the only player that doesn't is the suffle

 

[Xycl0ne]

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001

Originally posted by: sheik124

Originally posted by: Ricemarine
Yeah, planning for the Ipod Nano (oh noes... and I used to be an apple hater...), and after encoding a 192 kbps mp3 into a 320 kbps AAC, I heard a huge difference. Also tried 320 kb/s mp3 (even though it probably didn't make much of a difference...), and heard a bit of a difference...

But the question stands... What bitrate do you people with mp3 players that support AAC use? How high until you can't hear a difference?

No you didn't, placebo

QFT

 

[Ricemarine]

Well, too bad mp3 players don't support FLAC

So suggestions then on what format to use?
Apple lossless is nice huh?

AAC does sound nicer than mp3 though.