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Best Audio Compression right now?

IceDigger

IceDigger

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What is the best compression scheme to use right now when ripping audio?

MP3 seems to be ancient right now and others are out there. AAC, Ogg, and Musepack are the ones I am looking at.

I AM NOT AN AUDIOPHILE so encoding it under 160kbps is fine for me.
 
When I'm not using FLAC I still use mp3 with LAME preset standard not extreme which I think is a bunch of hogwash. If I want lossless I just do FLAC why waste space with extreme.
 
GodsMadClown said:
[size=+2]What is the best music compression format?[/size]

Really, the best way to answer that question is try them out and compare them one against the other. The ABX comparison plugin for Foobar2000 is a handy tool for this task.

If you don't want to rerip all your music if you upgrade to better your equipment, you would be well advised to consider encoding to some lossless compression format like Monkey's Audio or FLAC. This file can then be used as a source for the lossy format of your choosing for your portable player. While losslessly encoded files can occupy much more storgae space, you can be assured that your music will always sound its best.​
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Try Ogg Vorbis, or MP3 encoded with LAME.
 
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