Lossy Audio Formats (mp3, ogg, m4a, etc), Quality and Comparisons

nbakid2000 · 02-20-2011, 10:01 AM

For portability, I use LAME 3.98.4 at -V0 to encode my stuff - in the car or on my phone. I try to listen to 320 as much as possible.

At home, I can use use either MP3s (again, I try to use 320 but that's not always possible) or lossless...it doesn't bother me. When I'm downloading, I try to at LEAST get 320, but I can tolerate 256.

I haven't downloaded from iTunes yet but I would be willing to put up with their bitrates because it supposedly sounds as good as 320 does.

02-20-2011, 10:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
nbakid2000 Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 179	For portability, I use LAME 3.98.4 at -V0 to encode my stuff - in the car or on my phone. I try to listen to 320 as much as possible. At home, I can use use either MP3s (again, I try to use 320 but that's not always possible) or lossless...it doesn't bother me. When I'm downloading, I try to at LEAST get 320, but I can tolerate 256. I haven't downloaded from iTunes yet but I would be willing to put up with their bitrates because it supposedly sounds as good as 320 does.