Headphones
We have spent a lot of time talking about getting music into an iPod or other MP3 Player but precious little about getting it out and into your ears. Much of what comes out of your iPod or ….doesn’t is a result of the sampling rate you set your iPod to record at. It is automatically set to record at 128 kilobytes per second (kbps) but can be adjusted to record at 256 kbps if you dive into the preferences found under the iTunes menu. You’ll have to click the advanced tab and look under setting. This pane will also allow you to switch from Apple’s ACC file format to MP3, WAV or AIFF file formats. The higher the sampling rate the better the recording but…there’s always a but…the files will be huge and you’ll not get as many songs on your shinny new iPod. ACC vs. MP3 MP3’s will play on anything and ACC files will play only on iTunes and iPods. ACC sampling is generally thought to make better recordings at lower sampling rates than MP3’s. If you are an audiophile you’ll want to bump the sa...