SVS PB12-Plus2 with Music

oil99 said:

Hey all,

Now take it I'm using an ipod via an RCA connection so I understand a lot of sound quality is lost with this set up.

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You've sort of answered your own question here. What are your music files sampled at?
Music dose not have nearly the same amount of dynamic that movies have these days 80% of music rolls off at around 30Hz and once you compress the files into an mp3 file particularly anything less then 160kbs you will loose allot.
How are you getting the sound from the ipod to the speakers, through a receiver. Do you play it in a Pure direct mode? as this will shut off the sub completely in most receivers.

I use my iPod 80gb classic for all my music listening but I sampled all my music at a VBR that usually means that most music is in between 200-300kbs so it sounds very good.
The default I believe is 128kbs, very poor quality.

oil99 said:

Thanks again Tony. Sorry for turning this into an ipod thread but is there a way to convert my library to variable bit rate or does it involve re-importing my entire library? Do itunes purchases also import at the pre-set bit rate or are they variable?

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Sadly you will have to re do all your music as once the information is lost during compression it can not be brought back. iTunes does have some music sampled using the newer uncompressed formats but most are still 128kbs.