[BC] So, some consumers do care about audio quality...

[Kirk Harnack]

Bernie Courtney wrote:
> i dunno what these people are talking-- maybe its just my ears but for low
> bitrate stuff I'll take AAC over mp3 any day.  I've used the encoder in
> question  (LAME) to rip stuff for my ipod, and my AAC stuff still sounds
> better.

Bernie,

I agree with you on this point.  No question that AAC sounds better at 
128 kbps or less.  And for <64 kbps, AACplus is as good as it gets right 
now.

I should point out that if you have the bandwidth (or storage), then 384 
kbps MP2 or APT-X is still the way to go.

Best,

Kirk Harnack
Telos/Omnia/Axia