Dear All, I get myself a mediaplayer, Pioneer AMP and Diamond 9.1 Stereo speaker. would need you all opinion. Which is the best audio format (MP3, WMA, OGG Vorbis, AC3, and DTS)for me to playing on my mediaplayer and How should go for it? Mediaplayer : http://www.mman.co.kr/eng/html/product.htm Pioneer AMP : http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/product/detail/0,,2076_4153_209695983,00.html Diamond Speaker: http://www.hifibitz.co.uk/product.asp?id=3433
for a basic question like this, please do a search next time...this is a very common question as far as file formats go. Which one you want to use really depends on what you want to use it for. For basic playing of music, mp3 has some advantages over others. First, it is compatible with new car stereos and portable devices, if you plan on transferring your music to those. Second, comparaed to lossless formats, mp3 files are small, allowing you to store more. I woulnd't recommend wma, the codecs are horrible, and mp3 is much better. Now if you plan to archive CDs for burning them later, you might want to look into a lossless format like FLAC. But note that there is not much hardware support for it, and the file sizes are rather large. Or you can just rip your CDs to uncompressed WAVE files, or if you want to keep many CDs on your computer and maintin their quality and file structure, you can create ISO (image) files of them, and then use Daemon Tools to virtually mount them on your computer. If you do go the mp3 route, be sure to use EAC (exact audio copy). Actually you should use EAC to rip your CDs no matter what format you convert them to. It is free and the only ripper with extensive error correction to ensure a 100% accurate rip. When combine with the LAME mp3 encoder plugin, using VBR (variable bitrate) settings, you will create very nice mp3s. We have a guide for using EAC and LAME here: http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/mydeneaclame.cfm Here are some other sites to check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLAC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mp3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exact_Audio_Copy
To add on, AC3 and DTS are lossy audio codecs used in the distribution of professional content to consumers in surround sound. Ced
