Your digital music...

What format do you keep it in?I used to have it all in MP3, minimum 192kbps, but recently made the jump to FLAC (most I got are around 800-1000kbps) and can't believe what I was missing. Sure, it occupies much more HDD space, but I believe it's worth it, at least for your favorite songs/artists. Also, to complement this upgrade in audio quality, I'm getting myself some nice phones. I'm torn between the Sennheiser HD595 and the Grado SR225, anyone knows which ones should I go with?Your digital music...
what converter do you use to convert it to FLAC?



also you can never go wrong with a pair of Sennheisers ;)Your digital music...
I rip my CDs to my laptop using AutoFLAC, listen to the music using Foobar2000. You?
I keep them in MP3... If I had more space I would keep them in a better format.. I have an 4 year old comp
[QUOTE=''horgen123'']I keep them in MP3... If I had more space I would keep them in a better format.. I have an 4 year old comp[/QUOTE]

External HDD FTW!
I use wma 96 kbps, the music still sounds great and the reason I use 96 is because I have a 256mb mp3 player and I have about 80 songs now.
I honestly love the quality of my MP3s and don't feel the need to take up more space for better sound quality.
I have no probs with my MP3 quality, and i use either Winamp or WMP 11(mainly for the album infos)
For those happy with their MP3s, what are your audio set-ups (soundcards, amps, headphones, columns)?
I'm on a laptop, I have no idea what my sound card is, I have standard 20 dollar headphone/mic headset. I have no idea what a column is. And also no exterior speakers attached.
All my digital music is in mp3 because anything I want to enjoy in a higher quality i play through CD or vinyl. decent amplifier etc.
[QUOTE=''hokies1313'']I'm on a laptop, I have no idea what my sound card is, I have standard 20 dollar headphone/mic headset. I have no idea what a column is. And also no exterior speakers attached.[/QUOTE]

Sorry for my bad english, by column I meant speaker. Most laptops lack dedicated soundcards. That together with your standard headphone/mic makes it pointless to invest in higher quality formats, you probably couldn't tell the difference and it would only eat up precious HDD space.
My preference..Lossless: True Audio > Monkey's Audio > FLAC (Level 8.) Lossy: AAC-192 or MP3-320. I won't encode to anything else for lossy.A good chunk of my collection is TTA/APE. I had to re-encode alot of my lossless collection to FLAC, though, because Audiosurf and a couple applications I use aren't compatible with TTA or APE...[QUOTE=''Neon-Tiger'']I rip my CDs to my laptop using AutoFLAC, listen to the music using Foobar2000. You?[/QUOTE]foobar2000 can act as a front-end for quite a few audio encoders, you know..FLAC included. Just install the [URL=http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html]FLAC encoder[/URL]..start up the ''convert'' tool in foobar2000, and point it to the FLAC executable. I use foobar2000 for listening and encoding. I love using it for track re-encoding in particular because it can read track metadata from cue sheets.
Most of my music is around 160 to 192 kbps MP3. I have a Creative x-Fi sound card. With that I use a 2.1 100w set of Creative i-Trigue speakers, or my Sennheiser h455 (?). On the go, I use a Creative Zen 8GB, with Shure S110 earbuds.



I have been thinking about ripping my music over in a higher quality, but I just don't have the motivation, time, and patience to do it.
[QUOTE=''Velocitas8'']My preference..Lossless: True Audio > Monkey's Audio > FLAC (Level 8.) Lossy: AAC-192 or MP3-320. I won't encode to anything else for lossy.A good chunk of my collection is TTA/APE. I had to re-encode alot of my lossless collection to FLAC, though, because Audiosurf and a couple applications I use aren't compatible with TTA or APE...[QUOTE=''Neon-Tiger'']I rip my CDs to my laptop using AutoFLAC, listen to the music using Foobar2000. You?[/QUOTE]foobar2000 can act as a front-end for quite a few audio encoders, you know..FLAC included. Just install the ..start up the ''convert'' tool in foobar2000, and point it to the FLAC executable. I use foobar2000 for listening and encoding. I love using it for track re-encoding in particular because it can read track metadata from cue sheets.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the heads-up on the FLAC encoder. Also, how much of an improvement could I get going from FLAC to Monkey's Audio (file size, etc)?
[QUOTE=''Neon-Tiger'']Thanks for the heads-up on the FLAC encoder. Also, how much of an improvement could I get going from FLAC to Monkey's Audio (file size, etc)?[/QUOTE]Depends on the audio data and compression settings, but True Audio and Monkey's Audio can achieve up to 5-10% better compression than FLAC level 8 (the highest compression level possible with FLAC.) That might not sound like much, but the saved space can really start to add up if your collection is large enough..especially when the various lossless formats take up so much space as-is.Still, it might not be worth it if you use any portable media players. Very few devices support the TTA/APE formats (whereas many support FLAC,) but it may be worth a look if you do most of your music listening at home (like me.)
MP3 @ 320kbps
[QUOTE=''andyboiii'']also you can never go wrong with a pair of Sennheisers ;)[/QUOTE]So true. I love my PX-100s. ^_^
I wouldn't mind converting everything I have to FLAC but the 10+ gigs of music I have on my computer is already in MP3 format and I don't want to re-rip all of my cd's. Plus MP3 is much more versatile in that it will play on a bunch more platforms then FLAC. When/If FLAC becomes more widely used I can see myself taking the time to aquire music in FLAC.
MP3 I guess. Whatever iTunes rips it to when I click ''Import CD''.