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Originally Posted by blueandwhiteg3
Apple DRM-free music is in AAC. I encode my CDs in AAC. AAC sounds noticeably better than MP3 at the mid-range bitrates, even on my handheld. I already am going for higher bitrate (e.g. 192 kbit) AACs and to get acceptable sounding MP3s, I need at least as much bitrate, if not more. And I still know the quality has dropped.
Re-encoding my music is simply frustrating. I suppose if I had software that dynamically re-encoded the music files as they synced from the playlist, I would be less annoyed. But keeping two copies*of my whole library, or re-encoding everything every time I want to sync a new playlist, that just sucks.
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I'd really really really be surprised if you could tell the difference on 6700 between an AAC and an MP3 of similar file size.
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The problem is not AAC as a format so much. The problem is that none of the software decodes the metadata.
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I'm at a loss as to why that's really a problem... what meta data specifically do you feel you're missing in your 6700 music listening experience?
The meta data is really only useful for sorting... a feature that can be easily emulated by making a few appropriately titled playlists.