as I said if you encode properly (your songs will be 6-9 mb each) the quality is high enough that you cant hear the difference in a X5 sound system. Yes if you encode at a low bit rate or buy your music off itunes they sound like crap. But with 80-120GB ipods why do you need to do that.

I encode my music at no less than 193kbps and most at 256-320 kbps. I can switch back and forth between the original CD and Ipod and there is absolutley no way anyone can tell the difference between the sources.

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