Off-topic: mp3 ripping bitrate

[Richard Pieri]

On Mar 11, 2009, at 10:52 AM, Palit, Nilanjan wrote:

> I have been looking into how to get the most out ripping mp3 from  
> CDs -- i.e., best tradeoff between quality and filesize. I have  
> found, from some online research, that 256 kbps is recommended for  
> generally decent audio quality.

I use a combination.

My master library is ripped and encoded with Apple Lossless (iTunes).   
I re-encode from that master library into whatever format is  
appropriate for my needs.  For MP3s I usually use LAME with the -- 
preset-extreme option.

FLAC could be substituted for ALAC if you ever decided to duplicate  
this with something other than iTunes.

--Rich P.