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In the Thread: OK, digitechs, why won't iPOD "dock" DAC work?

Post Subject: Admittedly, I haven't read the article...Posted by Gregm on: 10/23/2008

...sorry Paul.
The ref to the M4 (alc) puts things into better perspective. However, please note that in numbers it's about ½ the size of a cd. This means that there is only ½ as much information ref the music being stored.
Maybe Mr Philips wishes to express his enthusiasm for Apple's coding, rather than the actual event. The two, cd & M4P files, should NOT sound the same: they're different files. If they do, there may be something wrong with the set-up.

OTOH, WAVs, AIFFs, are very heavy files. WAVs take some compression (you "decompress" after); don't know about the aiffs though. Kids -- like my daughter -- rarely use anything but mp3 it seems.

BTW, you can copy yr cd onto a nano, through an "i-tunes" application on yr puter. As a matter of fact, you can choose to copy in AIFF or raw (wav) format if you wish -- but the nano will only fit ¬20 cd that way. Mind you, that in itself isn't 'alf bad... a full Beeth symphony cycle, for example. Lose the 9th & you can cram in most/all of the p. concerti!

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