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| ==Why no simple answer?==
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| There are several factors that you must first consider, my needs aren't the same as yours, maybe we want to do different things with our music, or we have a different amount of disk space to use.
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| Common considerations are:
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| * Do you want the option of using a portable player now?
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| * Would no playback support other than on your PC be a problem in the future?
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| * Do you need to use a popular format?
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| * How much space do you want to use for you music?
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| * How much music do you want to store?
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| * Are you simply interested in quality?
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| * ''How good is your hearing''?
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| The last question is '''the''' most important. Why? I have poor hearing, so something that sounds good to me could well be annoying to you. Only you have your ears, so only you know what sounds good to you.
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| We can however make general recommendations based on test results from the entire community - for example:
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| ; [[Lossy]] formats:
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| * [[MPC]] is to the majority of people the best performer at mid to high bitrates (> 128kb/s)
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| * [[MP3]] is has the most widespread acceptance among the general population and in hardware players
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| * [[Ogg Vorbis]] and [[AAC]] HE are thought to perform better than others at low bitrates (< 128kb/s)
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| * See additional [[lossy]] formats at the [[lossy|lossy page]].
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| ; [[Lossless]] formats:
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| [[Lossless]] compression is the ''only'' way to retain all the original quality and lose no information. For a list of lossless formats and their pro's and con's see the [[lossless|lossless page]].
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Revision as of 03:25, 9 October 2005
