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Posted by OG on 01/25/07 02:05
"JimC" <avocat5@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:ZPBth.37037$Gr2.1650@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net...
> I'm a novice regarding MP3 in general, and if there is a FAQ that I ought
> to read first, please let me know. - What I would like to do is get either
> an IPod or other MP3 player with fairly substantial memory (perhaps 4GB to
> 8GB) suitable for recording classical music (mostly ripped from my CD
> collection) in an uncompressed, high quality format. Some classical works
> are 30 - 45 minutes in length, so I'm thinking that it may take lots of
> memory, particularly since it wouldn't be compressed.
>
May I ask why you think you want/need uncompressed? I'm not saying you are
wrong, but you may be assuming that your biggest concern is the 'fidelity'
of the audio quality.
I say this question on the assumption that you are likely to be using this
for listening to music 'on the move', and you are going to be using
earphones rather than headphones to listen to it. In which case I would say
that you'll (probably) be fine with 'decent' * (256kb/s)compression because
the benefits of 'lossless' are probably going to be lost between the machine
and your eardrum.
Of course, if most of your listening is in a relatively quiet office or
suchlike, you'll not have a problem; but be aware that you'll still need
very good headphones to make lossless really worthwhile.
I suspect that a more significant problem you are likely to meet is that a
lot of classical music has a very wide dynamic range and you may find that
you need to adjust the volume to effectively listen to the 'quiet bits'
whilst not deafening yourself in the 'loud bits'.
If you have a budget of $200, I'd suggest you spend $75 on good quality
headphones/earphones and get whatever player takes your fancy. I've had good
times with Creative and I like the fact that they don't force you to use
iTunes software to control what audio files get onto your player.
Hope this helps
Owen
*Lossless will give you between 2.5 and 5 CDs/Gigabyte
Hi Q lossy (as WMA) will give you between 3 and 9 CDs/Gb
Best mp3 will give you between 5 and 7 CDs/ Gb
Decent Quality mp3 will give you about 9CDs/Gb
Reasonable mp3 will give you about 12 CDs /Gb - 'Reasonable' is pretty good.
I've no idea how good the 'ipod' format is, but there are downsides to going
down the 'Apple' path.
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