Edua

A belated thanks guys... interesting answers. I converted some tracks to 64 kbps and some to 135kbps (ATRAC 3). The results are very good in both cases, perhaps a little better in ATRAC3, but sometimes it's hard to tell between 64, 135 and 192 kbps. Could this be because the original recording (which I won't get hold of very easily) dates back from the early sixties? (I mean the source is not extremely good quality soundwise)

Sorry for this perhaps naive question. I have a number of tracks in my computer (SS Library) from a CD saved in ATRAC3+ 192 kbps. I can transfer them to my device using that resolution "as is" or choosing a different one. Now it seems fairly evident that even if I chose a HIGHER bitrate at that point, I'm not going to get closer to the quality of the original CD. But what happens if you go for a LOWER bitrate? What I mean is: will you get an even lower audio quality because of the "re-conversion" involved than if you had directly used that lower resolution to begin with? Thanks a lot for any answers.