Hi,
The truth is that after 30 years of playing in bands and listening to loud music my ears are made of tin.

"Quality" is no longer a real issue and I would appreciate advice on the following:
I'm going to use Foobar to create mp3 files of a wide spectrum of music and would appreciate advice on:

1. what LAME encoder to use
2. what settings would I use to get a bitrate of about 128-140?
3. How do I set this bitrate (or switches) in the command line encoder in Foobar

Thanks,
auldyin

I'll be using an iPod for "portable listening"

I'm a bit surprised to see this kind of question coming from a long-time member like you, but anyway...

For those kind of bitrates, I would use the switches "-V5 --athaa-sensitivity 1" on LAME 3.96.1, as used in Roberto's latest 128kbps multiformat test.

Check the results and the bitrate distribution table here:
http://www.rjamorim.com/test/multiformat128/results.html

Thanks mate!

I'm just a bit pissed off having realised that I am scarcely able to tell the difference between Zing encoded stuff (about 6-7 years old) and Lame Insane (Dibroms preset).
I've been messing aroung with things I know next to nothing about and got kinda lost.

Actually I was just being a lazy sod!!

Thanks for your help.

auldyin

Maybe you need your ears to be checked !?

Read the first post.

Thanks guys.

The only thing good about my ears is that they still stick out at the side of my head!!

Cosmetic appendages!!!

auldyin