Jon_Are
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I think I know the answer, but I'm going to ask anyway.
I have around 6000 digital songs, probably >80% that were copied from CDs I own (the others, mostly iTunes downloads). Previously, I used digital music only on my iPod, almost exclusively when working out. Therefore, I didn't much care for the quality of the files (and used whatever the default settings are).
So, today I bought myself a nice Kenwood receiver for my vehicle, along with a speaker upgrade. I tried the radio, sounded good. Tried a CD, sounded awesome. Then, I hooked up the iPod; I guess you can tell, I was disappointed in the sound.
I've only tried a couple of songs, but I suspect all the ones I grabbed from a CD will be similarly sub-par in audio quality.
On to my question. Short of re-ripping the hundreds of CDs at a higher bit rate, is there anything I can do to the music in my library to improve the sound quality?
If I do re-rip, what are my specific options? Is there much difference in, say, the highest quality and the second-highest?
Hard drive and iPod disc space are not a problem.
Thanks
ETA: I just checked my music files. Here is what is shown on a typical song:
Kind: MPEG audio file
Format: MPEG-2, Layer 3
Size: 1.8 MB
BIt Rate: 64 kbps
Sample Rate: 22.050 kHz
I have around 6000 digital songs, probably >80% that were copied from CDs I own (the others, mostly iTunes downloads). Previously, I used digital music only on my iPod, almost exclusively when working out. Therefore, I didn't much care for the quality of the files (and used whatever the default settings are).
So, today I bought myself a nice Kenwood receiver for my vehicle, along with a speaker upgrade. I tried the radio, sounded good. Tried a CD, sounded awesome. Then, I hooked up the iPod; I guess you can tell, I was disappointed in the sound.
I've only tried a couple of songs, but I suspect all the ones I grabbed from a CD will be similarly sub-par in audio quality.
On to my question. Short of re-ripping the hundreds of CDs at a higher bit rate, is there anything I can do to the music in my library to improve the sound quality?
If I do re-rip, what are my specific options? Is there much difference in, say, the highest quality and the second-highest?
Hard drive and iPod disc space are not a problem.
Thanks
ETA: I just checked my music files. Here is what is shown on a typical song:
Kind: MPEG audio file
Format: MPEG-2, Layer 3
Size: 1.8 MB
BIt Rate: 64 kbps
Sample Rate: 22.050 kHz