ElectricImages
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Hey guys, I am new to the mp3 player world although I have had a small home studio set up for quite a while now so i am not new to audio in general... still it seems there are a lot of formats mentioned on this board that I haven't encountered before.
I recently purchased a 20G zen touch and am considering re-ripping my cd's onto my laptop before I transfer the music to the zen touch to get the best combination of quality / space. All of the music I have on my laptop is in .wma format although about half of it is at wma's lossless rate (~800kbps? I forget exactly what it comes out as in wma) and the rest I'm not sure... I think maybe 256?
What is generally considered the best compromise of quality and space for these files? I do have a somewhat discerning ear, I am a pretty critical listener and have a good amount of experience with nearfield monitors but not in ear monitors (I also purchased the sennheiser cx300's to go with my player).
I have noticed a lot of talk on here about eac and lame but I am not sure what these formats/programs are. Anyone care to let me in on it?
I recently purchased a 20G zen touch and am considering re-ripping my cd's onto my laptop before I transfer the music to the zen touch to get the best combination of quality / space. All of the music I have on my laptop is in .wma format although about half of it is at wma's lossless rate (~800kbps? I forget exactly what it comes out as in wma) and the rest I'm not sure... I think maybe 256?
What is generally considered the best compromise of quality and space for these files? I do have a somewhat discerning ear, I am a pretty critical listener and have a good amount of experience with nearfield monitors but not in ear monitors (I also purchased the sennheiser cx300's to go with my player).
I have noticed a lot of talk on here about eac and lame but I am not sure what these formats/programs are. Anyone care to let me in on it?