Yep, an excellent format actually, if you want to hear how good it is then you can hear AAC+ streams at http://www.tuner2.com but I'm not sure whether its as good as a lossless format such as FLAC, as far as I'm aware AAC+ isn't a lossless format so that being the case, there's going to be some sort of sound degradation.
On 03/09/2007, at 3:50 AM, albert griffith wrote: I'm looking in to that format as well, thanks. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] audio.org] On Behalf Of Sunshine Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 10:36 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Output format tips needed: i would also recomand Aac plus the file size is smaller and sounds just as good if not better then wma. lossless. ----- Original Message ----- From: "albert griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 9:41 AM Subject: RE: Output format tips needed: > Kevin, thanks for the Info. I'm doing quite a bit of research because > the project is rather large and I can't afford to make mistakes. Once > the disks are sold, I'm left with the copies, no matter the quality of > the conversion. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Kevin Lloyd > Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 6:31 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Output format tips needed: > > Hi. > > If you're looking to retain exact audio copies of your CD's before > selling them then you'll need to use a lossless format. I'd recommend > lossless WMA and using windows media player to rip your CD's rather > than nero. > > As you're probably aware, next to MP3, WMA is the most commonly > supported format. It's also a proprietary microsoft format and I > don't see microsoft going away any day soon so the longevity of the > format should be guaranteed over any other. > > Lossless formats take up around 50 to 75% of the original CDDA > equivalent so you'll need a lot of disc space to hold 650 CD's. I've > currently got around 700 CD's ripped in lossless format and they're > taking up just over 270GB of disc space. You'll also need to back up > your hard drive because if you have a hard drive failure, you're going > to want to get your music back from your saves. I currently use 3 > hard drives, a master and 2 back up drives. > > WAV files will take up more space than lossless WMA or FLAC files and > they don't support ID3 tags so I would disuade you of using this > format. They don't sound any better than lossless formats either so I > don't see why anyone would waste disc space on this format. > > If you use windows media player to rip your collection you'll be able > to set it up to automatically start ripping when you insert a CD and > eject it on completion. I don't think you can do this with nero but I > could be wrong. > > Regards. > > Kevin > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "albert griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 3:43 PM > Subject: Output format tips needed: > > >> I have 650 audio disks I plan to rip to my external drive. Since I'm >> going to sell the disks want the sound to be of really good quality >> but I can't afford to make duplicates in CDA format. I'd also like >> to be in a position to change the format if a new one comes along >> that's enough better to justify it. I plan to use, Nero 7 Ultra >> Edition and rip to flak but I'm open to all suggestions. also, I've >> used Roxio products for years but I switched because the latest >> version of their program was less accessible than Nero. therefore, >> if anyone has a tutorial or general configuration tips, I'd love to >> hear them. Thanks in advance. >> >> >> >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************************** Dane Trethowan From Melton Victoria Australia Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone uk 0121 288 4976 Phone/tty (+61 3) 9747 975 Fax +61 3 9743 7954 mobile/sms: +61425 777 508 Skype: callto:grtdane12 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************************** -------------------------------- Join the fight against spam! Have your ISP enable client/server authentication. -------------------------------- Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
