[Treyfour]

i am ripping a bunch of my dad’s cd’s. not for my ipod though. I’m trying to build a large (LEGAL) digital collection in which is of very good quality in which I can play through my computer, through a receiver/stereo system.

I assume soon enough companies will start supplying storage/playback systems at reasonable prices. At this point i hope to be able to convert them all into that machine from my hard drive and all the songs should work… leading back to the aac/mp3 question.

I don’t consider 200gigabytes to really be an issue. but i guess if you are ripping at full quality, it is. Seems a little unncessary. I feel that I can get pretty good quality in a compressed format. AAC aren’t so bad at 256 Kbps.

khz/mhz. the k and m are so close to eachother on the keyboard..

I basically just want. Best quality without ridiculous file size. most compatible file type with future technologies/ aka, i don’t want to have to do it again. seemless transfer.

[Treyfour]

I have been told AIFF uncompressed but that may be too large to build a large collection of music. I’m basically looking to digitize a bunch of my father’s cd’s before I leave town. Question though. If AIFF. Am i always going to sample at 44.1mhz? what situations would I want to sample at 48?

[Treyfour]

thanks

[Treyfour]

thank you steve