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<blockquote data-quote="Ryan Lantzy" data-source="post: 25534" data-attributes="member: 7">Re: MP3 vs WAVLossless (WAV, FLAC, SHN, AIFF, Apple Lossless) are obviously all the best for audio purposes.&nbsp; But then, it largely depends on the source.&nbsp; Garbage in, garbage out right?&nbsp; I&#039;ve used a million and one different encoders over the years and all have their pro&#039;s and cons.&nbsp; Just download LAME and encode to alt-preset-standard or alt-preset-extreme and forget about it.&nbsp; To actually hear the difference you would need a $10k pair of studio monitors and an anecohic chamber.&nbsp; Obviously this is for general use/playback.&nbsp; If you are doing archival work use something lossless like FLAC or Apple Lossless.&nbsp; My actual CDs are my &quot;archival&quot; copy.&nbsp; I purchase most throwaway music from iTunes, but collect the collectible stuff on CD and just rip to previously stated LAME settings.One thing I will make an exception for (and this is generalizing) any type of rock, alternative, punk that contains heavy cymbal use I find that nothing except 44.1k 16bit PCM audio will do (or some lossless variant).&nbsp; However, much of this music has been compressed to oblivion and it won&#039;t matter either way... but for the 1% of record producers that seem to really know their shit, what you choose to store it in will make a difference on playback.&nbsp; So you can take one of two approaches.&nbsp; Pick the best sounding storage format and put everything in that... or cherry pick the stuff that needs it for you to be happy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ryan Lantzy, post: 25534, member: 7"] Re: MP3 vs WAV Lossless (WAV, FLAC, SHN, AIFF, Apple Lossless) are obviously all the best for audio purposes. But then, it largely depends on the source. Garbage in, garbage out right? I've used a million and one different encoders over the years and all have their pro's and cons. Just download LAME and encode to alt-preset-standard or alt-preset-extreme and forget about it. To actually hear the difference you would need a $10k pair of studio monitors and an anecohic chamber. Obviously this is for general use/playback. If you are doing archival work use something lossless like FLAC or Apple Lossless. My actual CDs are my "archival" copy. I purchase most throwaway music from iTunes, but collect the collectible stuff on CD and just rip to previously stated LAME settings. One thing I will make an exception for (and this is generalizing) any type of rock, alternative, punk that contains heavy cymbal use I find that nothing except 44.1k 16bit PCM audio will do (or some lossless variant). However, much of this music has been compressed to oblivion and it won't matter either way... but for the 1% of record producers that seem to really know their shit, what you choose to store it in will make a difference on playback. So you can take one of two approaches. Pick the best sounding storage format and put everything in that... or cherry pick the stuff that needs it for you to be happy. [/QUOTE]

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