best sample rate

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  1. hetixo

    hetixo Member

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    hi

    does anyone know what the best sample rate (music) is when choosing a file to download? My ITunes has an option in the settings that asks me if i want to convert higher bit rate songs to 128 kbps AAC?

    Why would I want to do that? the higher the rate surely the better the quality?

    Is it that I could fit more tracks on the ipod after converting to a lower sample rate?

    have i just answered my own question?
     
    hetixo, Apr 12, 2008
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  2. jackofall

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    yep
     
    jackofall, Apr 13, 2008
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  3. olyteddy

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    Not exactly, Samplerate is how many times a second the audio is 'Sampled'. Bitrate, OTOH, is how much data is kept. A higher bitrate file is generally better.
     
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    olyteddy, Apr 13, 2008
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