Reducing my CD Library

On my IPOD I rip my cds at 256KBs variable AAC, and it is a compromise between file size (about 100MB per cd) and sound. My guess TC is that your settings somehow changed and you ripped your cds at a lower bitrate.
 
On my IPOD I rip my cds at 256KBs variable AAC, and it is a compromise between file size (about 100MB per cd) and sound. My guess TC is that your settings somehow changed and you ripped your cds at a lower bitrate.

I'll check that out and see if a bit of tweaking is all I need. Thanks.
 
So there are two things at play here:

1. If you want to archive CDs on a server or computer for the purposes of playing back through a home "hi-fi" system you should be ripping lossless.

2. If the purpose is to simply fill up your portable mp3 player/phone with music than a higher bit rate lossy file should be fine. Lossless files are way too big unless you are getting into a high end portable system (which I strongly suspect is not the case here).

Lossless will sound better but on a typical portable set up I'm certain lossy mp3 would be fine.

Check the bit rate you are ripping at. Low bit rate sounds like total ass.
 
Personally, I rip my CDs in flac for my Computer. When I want to put some files on my portable device (Sansa Fuze+), I convert the flac files in ogg vorbis with a software. I think with a iPod, you need to use iTunes to fill the device. I don't know if you can manage like 2 databases with iTunes? one lossless and one lossy and convert the lossless files to a lossy format for the iPod?
 
OK, here's the full breakdown if what I have to work with ripping CDs in iTunes:

AAC Encoder
- High Quality (128 kbps)
- iTunes Plus
- Spoken Podcast
- Custom

AIFF Encoder
- Automatic
- Custom

Apple Lossless Encoder

- Automatic

MP3 Endcoder
- Good Quality (128 kbps)
- High Quality (160 kbps)
- Higher Quality (192 kbps)
- Custom

WAV Encoder
- Automatic
- Custom

So what I need is to figure out what gives me decent sound quality for smaller file size, as currently I rip discs mainly for portability on my iPod.

I'm also wondering if speaker quality factors into it. I would assume not, but what we have right now is a Bose portable speaker we bought a couple of years ago that we bluetooth to the PC. It's sound quality hasn't been all that great lately.

Oh, and to those who asked, I will be getting on to compiling my list of CDs that I'm interested in getting rid of soon. Trying to get over being sick right now.
 
iTunes plus works for me. As I said above it is 256kbs variable, which translates to a file size of approximately 100mbs per cd. I have 2 160GB ipods, and I fit approximately 14,000 songs on each.
 
Thanks. I'll give it a try soon. Hope it solves my problems.
I honestly hope you solve your problems but am glad it's taken you awhile. :) I'm new to the Mac so all this info has been helpful.

Thank you for starting the thread and thank you to all who've participated.
 
Thanks, and you're welcome, I guess. I didn't intend this thread to be about CD ripping formats, but it's good that it went that direction, since I've learned a lot as well.
 
OK, I've been meaning to put this up for some time since some of you expressed interest in possibly picking at my CD overflow. This list is not yet complete, but it's a starting point.

Mystery - One Among the Living
Liquid Tension Experiment 2
Volbeat - Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies
Volbeat - Beyond Hell / Above Heaven
Vanishing Point - Distant is the Sun
Vanishing Point - The Fourth Season
Vanishing Point - Embrace the Silence
Trivium - Veangeance Falls
Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night
Sonata Arctica - Unia
Sonata Arctica - The Days of Grays
Sonata Arctica - Pariah's Child
Distorted Harmony - Chain Reaction
Sylvan - Force of Gravity
Disturbed - The Sickness
Sylvan - Leaving Backstage
Pagan's Mind - Full Circle: Live at Center Stage
Sylvan - X-Rayed
Sylvan - Sceneries
Kansas - s/t
Kansas - Song for America
Kansas - Masque
The Agonist - Lullabies for the Dormant Mind
Knight Area - Hyperdrive
Liquid Tension Experiment
Mystery - The World is a Game
A.C.T - Imaginary Friends
Flaming Row - Mirage: A Potrayal of Figures
Poverty's No Crime - One in a Million
The Aristocrats - Culture Clash
The Aristocrats - Tres Caballeros
Our Lady Peace - Spiritual Machines
Our Lady Peace - Happiness... is Not a Fish That You Can Catch
Pagan's Mind - Heavenly Ecstasy
Pagan's Mind - Celestial Entrance
Pendragon - Men Who Climb Mountains
Voodoo Circle - Broken Heart Syndrome
Disperse - Living Mirrors
Chameleon Circuit - s/t
Chameleon Circuit - Still Got Legs
Lonely Robot - Please Come Home
Pearl Jam - Ten
Sylvan - Home
Mystery - Delusion Rain
Masterplan - Time to Be King
Pendragon - Passion
Vision Divine - Stream of Consciousness
Vision Divine - The Perfect Machine
Vision Divine - The 11th Hour
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (spare copy)
Pallas - The Dreams of Men
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Jorn - Lonely Are the Brave
Jorn - The Gathering
Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday
Poverty's No Crime - The Chemical Chaos
Poverty's No Crime - Save My Soul
Sargant Fury - Do You Remember: The Anthology (box set includes Still Want More, Little Fish, and Turn the Page)
A.C.T - Circus Pandemonium
Allen/Lande - The Battle
Trivium - Silence in the Snow
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards
Dark Suns - Orange
Pressure Points - False Lights
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Epica - The Divine Conspiracy
Epica - Design Your Universe
Epica - The Quantum Enigma
Magnus Karlsson's Freefall - Kingdom of Rock
Thank You Scientist - Maps of Non-Exitent Places (original mix)
Perfect Beings I & II
Cullooden - Silent Scream
Lalu - Atomic Ark
Knight Area - Between Two Steps
Arch Enemy - War Eternal
Audioslave - s/t
Allen/Lande - The Revenge
Believe - The Warmest Sun in Winter
Amaranthe - The Nexus
Kansas - Monolith
Heart of Cygnus - Tales From Outer Space
Heart of Cygnus - Utopia
Heart of Cygnus - Over Mountain, Under Hill
Jorn - Bring Heavy Rock to the Land
Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel
Believe - World is Round
Believe - Yesterday is a Friend
Amaranthe - Massive Addictive
Allen/Lande - The Great Divide
Kingfisher Sky - Arms of Morpheus
The Custodian - Necessary Wasted Time
Believe - This Bread is Mine
Delain - The Human Contradiction
Disturbed - Asylum
Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists
Disturbed - Believe
Dio - The Very Beast of Dio
Dio - Dream Evil
Dio - Lock Up the Wolves
Section A - Parallel Lives
Section A - The Seventh Sign
KXM - s/t
Magnus Karlsson's Freefall - s/t
Jorn - The Duke
Billy Joel - River of Dreams
Billy Joel - The Essential Billy Joel
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element
Pain of Salvation - One Hour by the Concrete Lake
Radiohead - OK Computer
Radiohead - Kid A
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls
Cheap Trick - Dream Police
Periphery - Clear EP
Lunatic Soul - Walking on a Flashlight Beam
Fates Warning - Darkness in a Different Light
Gin Lady - Mother's Ruin
Earthside - A Dream in Static
Painted Raven - Mirage
Painted Raven - Spirit Journey
Jorn Lande & Trond Holter - Dracula: Swing of Death
Dio - Holy Diver
Dio - The Last in Line
Etheral Architect - Monolith
Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I
The Agonist - Prisoners
Anubis - A Tower of Silence
Anubis - Hitchhiking to Byzantium
Jolly - The Audio Guide to Happiness Parts 1 & 2
Tool - Undertow
Tool - Anima
Tool - Lateralus
The Mute Gods - Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
Cloudscape - s/t
Cloudscape - Crimson Skies
Cloudscape - Global Drama
Cloudscape - New Order
Voodoo Circle - Whiskey Fingers
Damnation Angels - The Valiant Fire
Audioplastik - In the Head of a Maniac
Superior - Ultima Ratio
Dreamscape - End of Silence
Dreamscape - 5th Season
The Very Best of the Rolling Stones 1964-1971
The Essential Simon and Garkfunkel
Galneryus - Alsatia/Cause Disarray
Pearl Jam - The Essential Pearl Jam
At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
Ascendia - The Lion and the Jester
Evergrey - The Inner Circle
Leviathan - Beholden to Nothing, Braver Since Then
Ten - Stormwarning
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger (spare copy)
Everygrey - In Search of Truth
Foreigner - s/t
Darkwater - When Stories End
Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR
Orphaned Land - All is One
John West - Long Time... No Sing
Vangough - Between the Madness
Breaking Benjamin - Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin
Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
Cream - Fresh Cream
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Deep Purple - Stormbringer
Deep Purple - Burn
UFX - In the Haze That Surrounds Us
Orphaned Land - Mabool The Story of the Three Sons of Seven
Bon Jovi - Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection
Circle II Circle - Seasons Will Fall
Circle II Circle - Consequence of Power
Circle II Circle - Delusions of Grandeur
Circle II Circle - Burden of Truth
Circle II Circle - Reign of Darkness
Cheap Trick - At Budokan
Cheap Trick - s/t
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight
Cheap Trick - In Color
Mustasch - Testosterone
Ayreon - The Theory of Everything
Star One - Space Metal
Star One - Live on Earth
Ayreon - 01011001
Star One - Victims of the Modern Age
Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Alice In Chains - Facelift
Ayreon - The Human Equation
Ayreon - Universal Migrator
Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle
Ayreon - The Final Experiment
Judas Priest - British Steel
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
Judas Priest - Hell Bent for Leather
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue
Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever
Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
Transatlantic - Kaleidoscope
Obsidian Kingdom - Mantiis
Black Bonzo - Lady of the Light
Iced Earth - Live in Ancient Kourion
Iced Earth - Plagues of Babylon
Iced Earth - Framing Armegeddon
Iced Earth - Dystopia
Iced Earth - The Crucible of Man
Iced Earth - Horror Show
Iced Earth - Alive in Athens
Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
Iced Earth - Days of Purgatory
Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
Iced Earth - Night of the Stormrider
Tune - Lucid Moments
Odd Dimension - The Last Embrace to Humanity
Guilt Machine - On This Perfect Day
Arena - Contagion
Arena - Contagious
Arena - Contagium
Silent Voices - Building Up the Apathy
Scale The Summit - The Migration
Enchant - A Blueprint of the World
Enchant - Wounded & Time Lost
 
I am revisiting the original issue(bulk CD sale) as I shed about 800-1000 classical CD's(keeping my SACD's and hi-res FLAC's) and about 800-900 rock & metal. I have sent 2 boxes of classical to Decluttr so far; for my classicals they have been paying $.30-$2.50(averaging around $1 each). Not much, but it's quick and easy. They pay more for the rock/metal ones(I sample priced a few but have not sent any yet). They have an app for the iPad where I use the iPad camera as a bar code reader, and I can knock out a box of 160 CD's in about 45 minutes so at least it's simple. They pay for shipping.
 
OK, I've been meaning to put this up for some time since some of you expressed interest in possibly picking at my CD overflow. This list is not yet complete, but it's a starting point.


Im interested in some of your cds



Mystery - One Among the Living
Liquid Tension Experiment 2
Volbeat - Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies
Volbeat - Beyond Hell / Above Heaven
Vanishing Point - Distant is the Sun
Vanishing Point - The Fourth Season
Vanishing Point - Embrace the Silence
Trivium - Veangeance Falls
Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night
Sonata Arctica - Unia
Sonata Arctica - The Days of Grays
Sonata Arctica - Pariah's Child
Distorted Harmony - Chain Reaction
Sylvan - Force of Gravity
Disturbed - The Sickness
Sylvan - Leaving Backstage
Pagan's Mind - Full Circle: Live at Center Stage
Sylvan - X-Rayed
Sylvan - Sceneries
Kansas - s/t
Kansas - Song for America
Kansas - Masque
The Agonist - Lullabies for the Dormant Mind
Knight Area - Hyperdrive
Liquid Tension Experiment
Mystery - The World is a Game
A.C.T - Imaginary Friends
Flaming Row - Mirage: A Potrayal of Figures
Poverty's No Crime - One in a Million
The Aristocrats - Culture Clash
The Aristocrats - Tres Caballeros
Our Lady Peace - Spiritual Machines
Our Lady Peace - Happiness... is Not a Fish That You Can Catch
Pagan's Mind - Heavenly Ecstasy
Pagan's Mind - Celestial Entrance
Pendragon - Men Who Climb Mountains
Voodoo Circle - Broken Heart Syndrome
Disperse - Living Mirrors
Chameleon Circuit - s/t
Chameleon Circuit - Still Got Legs
Lonely Robot - Please Come Home
Pearl Jam - Ten
Sylvan - Home
Mystery - Delusion Rain
Masterplan - Time to Be King
Pendragon - Passion
Vision Divine - Stream of Consciousness
Vision Divine - The Perfect Machine
Vision Divine - The 11th Hour
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (spare copy)
Pallas - The Dreams of Men
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Jorn - Lonely Are the Brave
Jorn - The Gathering
Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday
Poverty's No Crime - The Chemical Chaos
Poverty's No Crime - Save My Soul
Sargant Fury - Do You Remember: The Anthology (box set includes Still Want More, Little Fish, and Turn the Page)
A.C.T - Circus Pandemonium
Allen/Lande - The Battle
Trivium - Silence in the Snow
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards
Dark Suns - Orange
Pressure Points - False Lights
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Epica - The Divine Conspiracy
Epica - Design Your Universe
Epica - The Quantum Enigma
Magnus Karlsson's Freefall - Kingdom of Rock
Thank You Scientist - Maps of Non-Exitent Places (original mix)
Perfect Beings I & II
Cullooden - Silent Scream
Lalu - Atomic Ark
Knight Area - Between Two Steps
Arch Enemy - War Eternal
Audioslave - s/t
Allen/Lande - The Revenge
Believe - The Warmest Sun in Winter
Amaranthe - The Nexus
Kansas - Monolith
Heart of Cygnus - Tales From Outer Space
Heart of Cygnus - Utopia
Heart of Cygnus - Over Mountain, Under Hill
Jorn - Bring Heavy Rock to the Land
Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel
Believe - World is Round
Believe - Yesterday is a Friend
Amaranthe - Massive Addictive
Allen/Lande - The Great Divide
Kingfisher Sky - Arms of Morpheus
The Custodian - Necessary Wasted Time
Believe - This Bread is Mine
Delain - The Human Contradiction
Disturbed - Asylum
Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists
Disturbed - Believe
Dio - The Very Beast of Dio
Dio - Dream Evil
Dio - Lock Up the Wolves
Section A - Parallel Lives
Section A - The Seventh Sign
KXM - s/t
Magnus Karlsson's Freefall - s/t
Jorn - The Duke
Billy Joel - River of Dreams
Billy Joel - The Essential Billy Joel
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element
Pain of Salvation - One Hour by the Concrete Lake
Radiohead - OK Computer
Radiohead - Kid A
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls
Cheap Trick - Dream Police
Periphery - Clear EP
Lunatic Soul - Walking on a Flashlight Beam
Fates Warning - Darkness in a Different Light
Gin Lady - Mother's Ruin
Earthside - A Dream in Static
Painted Raven - Mirage
Painted Raven - Spirit Journey
Jorn Lande & Trond Holter - Dracula: Swing of Death
Dio - Holy Diver
Dio - The Last in Line
Etheral Architect - Monolith
Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I
The Agonist - Prisoners
Anubis - A Tower of Silence
Anubis - Hitchhiking to Byzantium
Jolly - The Audio Guide to Happiness Parts 1 & 2
Tool - Undertow
Tool - Anima
Tool - Lateralus
The Mute Gods - Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
Cloudscape - s/t
Cloudscape - Crimson Skies
Cloudscape - Global Drama
Cloudscape - New Order
Voodoo Circle - Whiskey Fingers
Damnation Angels - The Valiant Fire
Audioplastik - In the Head of a Maniac
Superior - Ultima Ratio
Dreamscape - End of Silence
Dreamscape - 5th Season
The Very Best of the Rolling Stones 1964-1971
The Essential Simon and Garkfunkel
Galneryus - Alsatia/Cause Disarray
Pearl Jam - The Essential Pearl Jam
At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
Ascendia - The Lion and the Jester
Evergrey - The Inner Circle
Leviathan - Beholden to Nothing, Braver Since Then
Ten - Stormwarning
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger (spare copy)
Everygrey - In Search of Truth
Foreigner - s/t
Darkwater - When Stories End
Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR
Orphaned Land - All is One
John West - Long Time... No Sing
Vangough - Between the Madness
Breaking Benjamin - Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin
Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
Cream - Fresh Cream
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Deep Purple - Stormbringer
Deep Purple - Burn
UFX - In the Haze That Surrounds Us
Orphaned Land - Mabool The Story of the Three Sons of Seven
Bon Jovi - Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection
Circle II Circle - Seasons Will Fall
Circle II Circle - Consequence of Power
Circle II Circle - Delusions of Grandeur
Circle II Circle - Burden of Truth
Circle II Circle - Reign of Darkness
Cheap Trick - At Budokan
Cheap Trick - s/t
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight
Cheap Trick - In Color
Mustasch - Testosterone
Ayreon - The Theory of Everything
Star One - Space Metal
Star One - Live on Earth
Ayreon - 01011001
Star One - Victims of the Modern Age
Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Alice In Chains - Facelift
Ayreon - The Human Equation
Ayreon - Universal Migrator
Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle
Ayreon - The Final Experiment
Judas Priest - British Steel
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
Judas Priest - Hell Bent for Leather
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue
Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever
Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
Transatlantic - Kaleidoscope
Obsidian Kingdom - Mantiis
Black Bonzo - Lady of the Light
Iced Earth - Live in Ancient Kourion
Iced Earth - Plagues of Babylon
Iced Earth - Framing Armegeddon
Iced Earth - Dystopia
Iced Earth - The Crucible of Man
Iced Earth - Horror Show
Iced Earth - Alive in Athens
Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
Iced Earth - Days of Purgatory
Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
Iced Earth - Night of the Stormrider
Tune - Lucid Moments
Odd Dimension - The Last Embrace to Humanity
Guilt Machine - On This Perfect Day
Arena - Contagion
Arena - Contagious
Arena - Contagium
Silent Voices - Building Up the Apathy
Scale The Summit - The Migration
Enchant - A Blueprint of the World
Enchant - Wounded & Time Lost
 
So you're interested in all of it or just some of it? Let me know. The list is pretty much the same except I've returned The Essential Billy Joel and the Queens of the Stone Age albums to my collection.

Also, apologies to anyone who's been trying to message me late last year. I was so sick and in the hospital so much that I wasn't coming on the forum at all. It may have taken a while but I hope I've replied to everyone by now.
 
So you're interested in all of it or just some of it? Let me know. The list is pretty much the same except I've returned The Essential Billy Joel and the Queens of the Stone Age albums to my collection.

Also, apologies to anyone who's been trying to message me late last year. I was so sick and in the hospital so much that I wasn't coming on the forum at all. It may have taken a while but I hope I've replied to everyone by now.



Whats your price range ?? Robertricci53@gmail.com
 
Whats your price range ??

That's a good question, actually. I've been wondering what's reasonable to offer. I definitely won't ask the original price on everything, but what do people usually do when they re-sell? Half price? 1/3?

Also, for future reference, I do have a Paypal account.
 
That's a good question, actually. I've been wondering what's reasonable to offer. I definitely won't ask the original price on everything, but what do people usually do when they re-sell? Half price? 1/3?

Also, for future reference, I do have a Paypal account.


Just E Mail me ...I dont think Ken wants business like this on his Site....