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Absolute best quality MP3 settings?

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windrockwater:
I am doing some comparisons for the best possible audio for an iPod. So, regardless of how big the file size gets, can anyone tell me the absolute BEST settings for media center to transcode FLAC files to Mp3?

pcstockton:
320 or V0

pcstockton:
....and I think ALAC would be the best you could load your iPod with.

glynor:
If you're crazy: ALAC
If you're less crazy: V0 or 320 CBR

If you're a realist: V2 will do it

windrockwater:
Thanks for the tips.  I think I fall right below crazy to crazy.  Okay, so I found the recent posts showing how to use an external encoder (qaac) to transcode to ALAC.  I took the Ipod into my car to try on my new Alpine head unit and voila...much better sound than the VBR-Extreme setting that I was using before. I know this is a frequent conversation (quality vs compression).  But to me, in a car surrounded by 4 speakers, its a very noticeable difference.

Now I am trying:
--tvbr 123 -s %IN -o %OUT

To see how that compares.

I have 160gb Ipod on the way to replace my 4gb Nano. With that amount of space, I may do some math and see how much I can fit at ALAC settings. Or the slightly less crazy...

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