music traders/collectors: a ? about file format

[ajl_mo]

The collectors on this site are pretty knowledgeable so I'll ask a question...

I'll be downloading a bunch of public domain Louis Armstrong (http://tinyurl.com/y8ou3nj) and have two choices in format, mp3 or ogg. The mp3's are a bigger file size but my understanding is that ogg is a lossless format. Considering these will go directly on to the iPod which is the better format?

Thanks

Toney

[Apostrophe (')]

actually, both mp3 and (ogg) vorbis are lossy compression schemes. at high enough bit rates (128K+), the difference in audio quality is likely minimal to inaudible, especially for folks like me who have stood too close to a speaker stack or two over the years :)

i'd probably choose the mp3's, especially if they are VBR, if only because I know I can play them on all of my devices without re-encoding.

[ajl_mo]

VBR MP3 it is then.

Thanks

[Apostrophe (')]

no problem! i dig your avatar BTW. good stuff ;)