Hi, I was reading the other day that acc can deliver a better compress quality of music at lower bitrates (128-192) than mp3.

Since i?m going to rip all of my cd?s in to my ipod I would like to know which format is going to bring me the best audio quality.

What do you guys think?

Re: ACC vs MP3

yeah, i think its aac, but i believe it is supposed to have better compression... not positive though.

Re: ACC vs MP3

Short for Advanced Audio Coding, one of the audio compression formats defined by the MPEG-2 standard. AAC is sometimes referred to as MPEG-2 NBC (not backwards compatible) because it is not compatible with the MPEG-1 coding scheme.

AAC boasts higher quality audio reproduction than MP3 and requires 30% less data to do so.

Re: ACC vs MP3

so does that mean aac won't play on an ipod?

Re: ACC vs MP3

flac is the way to go compression wise IMO but unfortunately ipod doesn't support it....

Re: ACC vs MP3

oooops sorry ment the title to be [B]AAC [/B]vs Mp3.

Re: ACC vs MP3

AAC will play on an iPod. In fact, this is the format that you will get if you download a song from Apple with iTunes. I currently use 192 kbps AAC when ripping from CDs to go on my iPod. They sound better than a 192 kbps MP3 file but take up the same amount of disc space.