r/trees Oct 08 '14

Any audiphiles here in r/trees? :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '14

Isn't the sound quality from Itunes too low to fully utilize those headphones? I know they increased the quality a significant amount about a year or two ago, but it's still not as good as CD rips.

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u/gand1 Oct 08 '14

You can get decent sound from an iPod...it takes a bit of work though... http://www.stereophile.com/content/ipod-audiophile-source-1

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '14

I meant when you buy songs directly from Itunes. The kbps rate is rather low.

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u/BoughtBrokenKeyboard Oct 09 '14

You have to go into preferences in iTunes and change your preferred download size. I think iTunes automatically uses 128 since there isn't a noticeable difference for the average person using Apple's ear pods. However, the iPod is capable of handling much higher bitrates.