Posted by AnthonyR on 10/23/05 19:04

"Dave Martindale" <davem@cs.ubc.ca> wrote in message
news:dj3s4a$hii$2@mughi.cs.ubc.ca...
> snip

> But don't you pay a price in space, compared to Apple's own compressed
> format?
>
> Dave

Hey Dave,

Yes sure, mp3 files are larger than apples compressed format, but so what.
I have 3365 songs so far all on mp3 and still 23 gigs free space on my 40 gb
ipod.

I like mp3 because it's format independent and can play on both apple and
Microsoft players, this way
in the future I don't have to retranscode my music if I do buy new
technology or want to share a song
with a friend.
Plus I use higher than 128 mp3 for better quality, space hasn't been an
issue for me yet. And with 60 gb
and bigger ipods and mp3 players coming out, I doubt I need to worry about
efficiency.
I think that more an issue for people using the smaller nano and other RAM
players.

Thanks,
AnthonyR.

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