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cribbagewiz · 12-04-04, 05:01 PM

One thing no one has mentioned is that it depends on the source that you are ripping. If you are ripping audio book CDs, comedy albums, or other spoken word material, 64kbps is fine. More than that would honestly be a waste.

For music, the previous posters have provided some good info. I wouldn't try to improve upon it. I generally consider 160k to be the minimum quality I can tolerate, or 96k to 128k for WMA files. I do actually like WMA as a smaller alternative to MP3, with MP3 as my primary format. I don't like Ogg Vorbis primarily because there is far less support for it in non-PC devices.

I use a Sony Sports Discman MP3 CD player as my primary listening device, my X5 as the secondary, one of my DVD decks for tertiary, and the PC comes in last.

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cribbagewiz Aximsite Major League Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 326 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	One thing no one has mentioned is that it depends on the source that you are ripping. If you are ripping audio book CDs, comedy albums, or other spoken word material, 64kbps is fine. More than that would honestly be a waste. For music, the previous posters have provided some good info. I wouldn't try to improve upon it. I generally consider 160k to be the minimum quality I can tolerate, or 96k to 128k for WMA files. I do actually like WMA as a smaller alternative to MP3, with MP3 as my primary format. I don't like Ogg Vorbis primarily because there is far less support for it in non-PC devices. I use a Sony Sports Discman MP3 CD player as my primary listening device, my X5 as the secondary, one of my DVD decks for tertiary, and the PC comes in last. __________________ cribbagewiz I have heard it said that the death penalty is not enough of a deterrent. I think that's because it takes too long to be carried out. Bring back cruel and unusual punishment!