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iPod question-how to import uncompressed...

All,

I got 2 iPods for Christmas! 1 iPod shuffle and one 30G iPod video. I've read that they actually sound pretty good when playing back music stored in an uncompressed format. So, what's the easiest way to accomplish this using iTunes and no other software or plug-ins? I see in the edit-preferences-advanced menu that I can select AAC, AIFF, Apple lossless, mp3 or WAV. Which should sound best? Also, I'm guessing that anything imported before I make this change was ripped in a lossy default format, right? I'm guessing I need to delete them and re-import again after making the setting change, right?

Thanks for helping a "rippin' rookie!!!

Enjoy,

TIC
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truman
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Actually, Apple lossless is the way to go if you've got plenty of disk space ...and probably your "default" choice. It does compress, using 1/2 the disk space but restores to 100% - don't ask me how they do it. So you may be OK unless you changed the settings.
If not, then ,yes, choose apple lossless on the preferences/advanced/ import
setting and re-burn I'd say..although there is a "convert to apple lossless" choice which I'm not sure about.
Regards,
Truman
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