iPod help needed...


I recently picked up a 40G iPod and am in the process of importing some cd's of mine.

I am using the Apple lossless compression, thinking that would give me the best, near cd quality sound for playback.

Am I correct in using this choice?

Also, if my calculations are somewhat accurate it seems this compression will only allow for about 100 or 110 cd's of music. Yes, that is perhaps 1,500 to 1,700 songs, however that is a FAR cry from 70,000 songs as advertised.

Any advice greatly appreciated!
audiofankj

Showing 1 response by aida_w

Well, Ketchup, there IS no loss in quality. See John Atkinson's measuremenst in one of the recent STEREOPHILEs!
Audiofankj - I have the same pod and I can tell you that there is space space space even after having imported the comlete Schostakowitch, the complete Schubert chamber music, the complete Beatles, Pink Floyd and Van Morison let alone the complete Brahms symphonies et al.
All encoded in Apple Lossless which works without loss really. With the proper headphones (Sennheiser 600er in my case) it's pure joy to use the iPod.
A hint: check the net for "Podworks" to enable you to copy stuff FROM the pod TO your comp, which is vitally important if you have more than one Mac or PC or at least different hard disks. I also like this feature because I want to store away stuff from the iPod for future use.
Good luck!