digital audio format wars which is best?

[boymercury]

atrac, mp3, wma? whats the best format to use when converting cd audio tracks to one of these compressed forms

[Jibgolly]

wma or wav

[trite]

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

The best lossey way is probably VBR MP3 encoded in Lame using --alt-preset standard.

[demonAfro]

ogg vorbis

[peloquin]

wav

[Draper]

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

The best lossey way is probably VBR MP3 encoded in Lame using --alt-preset standard.

Your right. I think the same.

[Simon Preston]

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

PCM

[Jenks]

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

.rm

[asdf_admin]

rm? are you serious?

no stella for you. hesh.

[gr8pumpkin]

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

I use 192 kbps AAC for ripping CDs to my iPod. It's my perfect balance between good filesizes and sound quality. Keep in mind that AAC in not widely supported yet by many players.

[evangelion]

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

The best lossey way is probably VBR MP3 encoded in Lame using --alt-preset standard.

Definelty the best when it comes to MP3s.

Although the best audio format is without a doubt, FLAC.

All the quality of WAV, but smaller files. Albeit slightly smaller file, but smaller none the less.

Every CD I buy goes straight into my drive, is ripped by EAC and encoded into FLAC compression level 8. The CD is put but into its case, filed into my CD rack and forgotten about. May sound strange but I am compusive about my CDs getting scratched. This way they don't have a chance to and I can listen to them in all their lossless glory.

[master of puppets]

The true is that all those kind of formats are pure shit anyway .wav is the best.

[evangelion]

The true is that all those kind of formats are pure shit anyway .wav is the best.

A FLAC file is basically a 1:1 compressed WAV. There is no information lost and it is smaller. What is "pure shit" about that???

[djway]

ogg vorbis

Werd.

--djway

[poorimpulsectrl]

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

my two preferred formats

lossy : lame encoded mp3 using --alt-preset extreme

lossless : flac