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AAC sounds the best for any given file size.īe sure to check "Use error correction when reading Audio CDs." If you forget, you'll probably get clicks and pops!Ĭlick the "Setting:" selector and select and click Custom, and you'll see this box: Select AAC (Apple Advanced Coding) as shown here. "Import Using" selects among many file formats. As shown here, it's on the top right:Ĭlick IMPORT CD, and you'll get these options (you also can set these back at Preferences > General > When a CD is inserted > Import Settings): iTunes' preferences can be set many ways and yours will probably look different the important part is to click the CD so you have the contents of the CD displayed and have an IMPORT CD button to click someplace. The CD should pop up in iTunes like this.
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If your computer has no CD drive, use an external drive. Once this is set, put your CD into your computer. Under iTunes > Preferences > General, be sure to select SHOW CD for "When a CD is Inserted," and that "Automatically retrieve CD track names from Internet" is checked, both as shown here: WAV is a huge file for windows computers.
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ALC and AIFF are intended for scientific, testing or production purposes, not for enjoying as much music as possible in a portable device. A 128 kbps MP3 isn't going to sound very good.Īpple Lossless (ALC) and AIFF make huge files that don't sound any better than 128 or 160 kbps, but result in huge files and much fewer songs fitting on your device. Only use MP3 if you need compatibility with ancient non-Apple players.
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You'll need about 320 kbps for an MP3 to sound as good as a 128 kbps VBR AAC. It's much less advanced than AAC, so it doesn't sound as good at any given data rate or file size. The only reason not to use VBR is if you have an ancient iPod incompatible with VBR files.ĭon't use MP3, which is a very popular but inferior older format. It gives improved sound because it lets iTunes use a few more bits wherever it needs to to optimize the sound. VBR (Variable Bit Rate) is a newer and smarter way of encoding music. Apple's default used to be 128 kbps with no VBR.
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128 or 160 kbps AAC sounds perfect.įeel free to use higher data rates, like Apple's current default of 256 kbps AAC VBR, but the music won't sound any better and you'll only be able to fit half as many songs on your device. Satellite radio like Sirius XM sounds relatively awful because it's only about 20 kbps. If you're happy with internet audio, you're probably only getting 80 kbps (80 kbps AAC HE (High Efficiency)) which sounds about 90% perfect. 128 or 160 kbps AAC VBR sounds 100% perfect, while 96 kbps VBR sounds 95% perfect even on an advanced audio system.
Honestly, even at 96 kbps AAC VBR it still sounds really, really good.
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These settings are from my own research into what settings sound exactly like the original CD while listening on state of the art pro audio gear. This is because the first thing that suffers with reduced data rates is that the stereo image starts to collapse at softer levels and in reverberation tails.įor classical music, I import my CDs at these settings just to be safe: Popular music is actually recorded with multiple mono mics, which makes it easier to encode efficiently.įor acoustic classical, baroque, medieval, renaissance, romantic, chamber music and opera that's actually recorded in real stereo with spaced stereo pairs of microphones, we need to import our CDs with slightly higher data rates to capture all that extra stereo information.
Different versions of iTunes will have different ways to set these, but the values to set remain the same.įor 99% of the music most people love, like rock, jazz, AOR, country, hip-hop, funk, jazz, techno, pop, R&B, rap, western, reggae, Christian, punk, bayou, industrial, disco, Latin, gospel, bluegrass, folk & etc., set: I've used the same settings since 2006 and will use these in the future. I'll get into details below, but here are the best settings to use to import your CDs into iTunes (and therefore your iPods, iPads and iPhones) with perfect fidelity, as well as fitting as many songs as possible into these devices. There are a zillion settings in iTunes, but most make big files that limit how many songs will fit, while others don't sound as good. B&H Photo - Video - Pro Audio I use these stores.