sonyk Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 I've always converted and transferred my mp3 collection as 132kbps ATRAC3 files, but a friend said that I should use ATRAC3plus at 128kbps as the sound quality is better despite the higher file compression.Is this true? I thought that the only difference between ATRAC3 and ATRAC3plus was the different bitrates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pata2001 Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 I don't think the HD5 supports 128kbps, so if you rip your music to 128kbps Atrac3+, you would have to transcode to a supported bitrate, resulting in worsening quality.Besides, the HD5 supports MP3, so I would just transfer the MP3s as is. Why bother transcoding to Atrac? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonyk Posted November 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 I don't think the HD5 supports 128kbps, so if you rip your music to 128kbps Atrac3+, you would have to transcode to a supported bitrate, resulting in worsening quality.Besides, the HD5 supports MP3, so I would just transfer the MP3s as is. Why bother transcoding to Atrac?←The HD5 does support 128kbps at ATRAC3 and I use ATRAC because of better battery life and smaller file sizes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stuge Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 (edited) If u properly go through manual of NW-E505 sony has marked the battery life for different format like MP3 40 hours But the thing is ATRAC3(50 Hours) & ATRAC3 PLUS(45 hours) .This purely tell us that Artac3 is more battery friendly then atrac3 plusANY COMMENTS.......... Edited November 8, 2005 by Stuge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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