Best bitrate for standard headphones?

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I recommend --alt-preset standard, which produces MP3s at ~200k. That said, there's loads of discussion over in the Digital Audio Formats forum - read some of that, and you might decide that AAC or a different bitrate of MP3 is best for you. It does depend on how much you need to squeeze onto your iPod at once, and on how much hard drive space you have on your PC. Enjoy the ripping!

Try -alt-preset medium and -alt-preset standard and blind-test to see if you can tell the difference. I also like -alt-preset 160 and -alt-preset 192 because they are still VBR files but try and get to an average bit rate of the number. Good because you can accurately see how much your gonna be able to fit on your pod.

I do -alt-preset standard for my fav albums and -alt-preset 160 for other stuff. Its up to your ears tho really.

I disagree "stasyna", I use standard apple buds and I can easily tell the difference between bitrate 128 & 192, but it really depends what YOU are like because everyones ears are different. I found it was best to change the same song to 192 and keep the original at 128 then listen to them both to see if I could tell any difference between them, then delete one!

theipodking