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In Reply to: RE: need help understanding external hard drives posted by AbeCollins on December 09, 2014 at 23:58:13
Thanks, Abe! I think I have a handle on all this now; as you said, I just need to choose. I appreciate your patience with a newbie very much!
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If you plan to use iTunes as your audio player, be sure to 'rip' your CDs to an uncompressed format like AIFF or WAV. If you use compression, choose a lossless compression like Apple Lossless (ALAC). Do you use AAC or MP3.
Most of my collection are in AIFF uncompressed or Apple Lossless (ALAC) compression. Apple Lossless which is similar to FLAC will achieve about 50% compression on the file size to save disk space with virtually no effect on the sound quality.
If you choose to rip the CDs with iTunes be sure to go into iTunes > Preferences > General Tab > Import Settings >
then choose AIFF Encoder or Apple Lossless Encoder and check the box for "Use Error Correction".
If you think you might try other players in the future, and possibly the FLAC format, it is simple enough to convert from AIFF to FLAC and other formats.
Enjoy.
Hi Abe - I just saw this post of yours. I am considering purchasing the Audirvana software to use as the player, as I have read that the Dragonfly DAC I purchased will work very well with it. If I do this, would this change your recommendation? Would AIFF or Apple Lossless be better?
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