![]() ![]() These settings are from my own research into what settings sound exactly like the original CD while listening on state of the art pro audio gear. ![]() This is because the first thing that suffers with reduced data rates is that the stereo image starts to collapse at softer levels and in reverberation tails.įor classical music, I import my CDs at these settings just to be safe: Popular music is actually recorded with multiple mono mics, which makes it easier to encode efficiently.įor acoustic classical, baroque, medieval, renaissance, romantic, chamber music and opera that's actually recorded in real stereo with spaced stereo pairs of microphones, we need to import our CDs with slightly higher data rates to capture all that extra stereo information. Different versions of iTunes will have different ways to set these, but the values to set remain the same.įor 99% of the music most people love, like rock, jazz, AOR, country, hip-hop, funk, jazz, techno, pop, R&B, rap, western, reggae, Christian, punk, bayou, industrial, disco, Latin, gospel, bluegrass, folk & etc., set: ![]() I've used the same settings since 2006 and will use these in the future. I'll get into details below, but here are the best settings to use to import your CDs into iTunes (and therefore your iPods, iPads and iPhones) with perfect fidelity, as well as fitting as many songs as possible into these devices. There are a zillion settings in iTunes, but most make big files that limit how many songs will fit, while others don't sound as good. B&H Photo - Video - Pro Audio I use these stores. ![]()
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