Ok, so all of my cd's are now in ape format and working great. It is time to turn my attention to my lp's. Anyone have an opinion and reasoning for said thoughts about how the best way to proceed is. I thought that I might record the lp to wav format (as all of my editors work in that mode, cool edit, clean, etc.), clean the wav file up as much as possible, and then convert it to the final listening format. ape will give me exact output for input but most of the space used will be for data that isn't really there (ie: lp limited bandwidth). However, I do not like using 128 kbit mp3 as it seems to be missing quality (whether this is in my mind or a real artifact??). What bit rate should I use to get all of the given data from the song but not have any extra overhead?? Also, the thought is that I will be using vbr.
Thanks for the ideas,
Glen