Audio and the PS3

[Slec]

Originally Posted by The Big Blue

I have *no* and I mean *zero* experience with mp3s, ripping, burning, etc. Since getting the PS3 I'm considering copying all my CDs to the PS3 and selling off most of the CDs and the 300 disc juke.

Nothing wrong with going this route, but make sure you have ample, and even multiple backups... It's an expensive proposition if you lost all of them. I have all my CD's in old shoe boxes and break them out occasionally when such issues arise.

Could someone help me out a little as far as codecs and bitrates?
Which of the codecs should I use? I'm guessing AAC.
How do the bitrates compare to the orig. CD? Is the highest AAC setting (320 I think) = to CD?

AAC is the newest format to rival mp3 (found most commonly through Apple's iTunes). It is supposed to have a superior compression mechanism so that a 128kbps AAC is supposed to sound the same (have the same fidelity) as a 160kbps mp3.

Something I found on a quick search... It relates to mp3's but I would suggest that if you look at the next bitrate down, that is what quality AAC would have.
http://www.mp3-tech.org/tests/gb/index.html