[ameyer17]

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/...howtopic=40607
Basically, they're saying iTunes AAC (along with just about everything else tested) at 128 kbps (VBR IIRC) is quite good

 

[davei]

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Originally Posted by blessingx And of course location/environmental noise plays a big part (this is a portable forum).

Bingo. I do my portable listening portably, with PortaPros or ER4s, on the street, subway, car - noise is all around me, even with IEMs. I can't tell the difference in my situation, so 128k AAC is perfectly acceptable.

 

[Digitalbath3737]

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Originally Posted by davei Bingo. I do my portable listening portably, with PortaPros or ER4s, on the street, subway, car - noise is all around me, even with IEMs. I can't tell the difference in my situation, so 128k AAC is perfectly acceptable.

That's what matters. As long as it sounds good to you. I see the differance right away between 128 aac and the current format I use (Lame 3.97b2). I do most of my listening with UE super fi.3 on trains, in stores and walking around the suburbs or NYC streets. That's my ears though. Not everyone is the same.

I don't recommend aac though. Mainly because it's not a universal format. Some people don't mind re ripping or re encoding their loseless files though.