Need help from the audiophiles here...

[Archae]

When I rip my CD's to mp3, so I can put them into my mp3 player, does it make any difference what bit rate they are ripped at?

[Major Nikon]

1. If you're going to be using them on a mp3 player I would go with 128kbs

If you plan on listening to them on a high end home system, you would probably want a higher bit rate. On a mp3 player I doubt you would be able to tell the difference. At least I can't, but my ears are not what they used to be.

[leeroysphitz]

3. Encode at the higher bitrate there's no reason not to. Modern devices have huge capacities. n/t

[pokerfan]

4. Yes

Higher is generally better. 128K is roughly radio quality, 320K is better and basically indistinguishable from the original CD for most people. But also take you speakers/headphones into account. It's possible that you might not be able to tell the difference with a pair of inexpensive earbuds.

[Archae]

5. Thanks everyone

I ripped the tracks at 256.

Sounds pretty good.