Posted by: deadsled13
Whats a good bitrate to rip my cd's at? 128?higher - 17/03/2004 14:25
I was wondering if anyone knew what a good bitrate to encode cds using mp3pro encoder and nero to rip? is anything ove 128 kbs overkill? thanks...beeeeyotch!!
Posted by: brendanhoar
Re: Whats a good bitrate to rip my cd's at? 128?higher - 17/03/2004 14:41
192 CBR is my minimum...anything less is easily noticable. 192 VBR (using LAME) or 256 VBR/CBR are recommended.
Depending on your hearing and listening environment, there's a chance you might be able to get away with 160.
-brendan
Posted by: robricc
Re: Whats a good bitrate to rip my cd's at? 128?higher - 17/03/2004 15:06
He is talking about MP3Pro, not MP3. I'm gonna try to not talk out my ass, but a 128k MP3Pro should sound like a 256k MP3 but only when the decoding device supports MP3Pro. If it doesn't (like the empeg doesn't), it will sound like a 128k MP3.
I personally use 320k CBR MP3s using LAME (converted from FLAC files). I use Exact Audio Copy to extract to FLAC.
Posted by: edsmiata
Re: Whats a good bitrate to rip my cd's at? 128?higher - 17/03/2004 15:26
160 WMA suits me fine in my Miata
Posted by: deadsled13
Re: Whats a good bitrate to rip my cd's at? 128?higher - 17/03/2004 16:56
so using the mp3pro isnt gonna make a difference? oh well back to endless ripping!! arrgggh!! my lame encoder was set at 128 so I guess I'll use that instead..all my others came out at 80kbs and sounded like ass...thanks..guys...loving my new mk2a 20 gig empeg!!!
Posted by: jaypeeq
Re: Whats a good bitrate to rip my cd's at? 128?hi - 17/03/2004 17:07
I usually rip at 212 using eac/ lame. and it sounds pretty good. If you go any lower there becomes a noticeable loss of extreme bass and highs.
Posted by: deadsled13
Re: Whats a good bitrate to rip my cd's at? 128?hi - 17/03/2004 17:27
sounds good...is eac better than nero for ripping? whats the best?
Posted by: trs24
Re: Whats a good bitrate to rip my cd's at? 128?hi - 17/03/2004 18:01
You should really check out that
FAQ link that cushman posted for you earlier - it'll pretty much answer any question you might have. Luckily Tony hasn't come by this thread yet.
Also, a search on this forum for "best ripper" brought up
this old thread.
- trs
Posted by: tfabris
Re: Whats a good bitrate to rip my cd's at? 128?hi - 17/03/2004 18:06
Lukily Tony hasn't come by this thread yet.
Actually, I have, just didn't respond. I wanted to say that "nobody supports MP3pro so what's the point", but I actually didn't have any facts to back that up. Anyone know if there's any serious devices out there that play mp3pro?
Posted by: pgrzelak
Re: Whats a good bitrate to rip my cd's at? 128?higher - 17/03/2004 18:22
Greetings!
If you have the disk space to support it, rip everything to FLAC. That way, you can transcode without loss to whatever format / bitrate you find you like, without having to re-rip everything. Trust me: you may start at what sounds like a good bit rate now, but you may decide you want to adjust it later.
Posted by: deadsled13
Re: Whats a good bitrate to rip my cd's at? 128?hi - 17/03/2004 18:24
OK OK I'll check the FAQ...geez..cant a guy be lazy anymore!!
thanks again
Posted by: trs24
Re: Whats a good bitrate to rip my cd's at? 128?hi - 17/03/2004 19:04
cant a guy be lazy anymore
Of course! That's exactly why we referred you to the FAQ.
- trs
Posted by: jarredduq
Re: Whats a good bitrate to rip my cd's at? 128?hi - 17/03/2004 21:07
I'm glad you like your Empeg! It came from a loving home.
Posted by: wfaulk
Re: Whats a good bitrate to rip my cd's at? 128?hi - 17/03/2004 21:08
As far as hardware, I believe that the only players to support it were the RCA Lyra ones. (Note that RCA/Thompson developed mp3pro.) There are software players, but I don't think that's really what you were asking about.
Check
here.
Posted by: deadsled13
Re: Whats a good bitrate to rip my cd's at? 128?hi - 18/03/2004 09:50
ok...I used EAC to rip some cd's and encoded them no problem...but somewhere during the whole process I changed the priority of the ripping to high and it started ripping wma files instead of wav's and now eac wont convert them to mp3's.what did I do wrong? how can I xencode them to mp3?
Posted by: tanstaafl.
Re: Whats a good bitrate to rip my cd's at? 128?higher - 18/03/2004 18:48
160 WMA suits me fine in my Miata
Yes, but you know that causes alternator noise, don't you?
Juuussst kidding!
tanstaafl.