Best Audio Format:

Hi people!

After reading all articles online on the audible files, I got a bit confused as to what audio format to choose. I'm looking for what format audio will be the best for iTunes on Mac.

Thank you in advance!

How do you define "better"? If you want small size but higher quality, then go for AAFC.  If you want small size and maximum compatibility with readers of third party go to mp3. If you don't care much for the size but original quality and space savings go to the ALAC.  If you want quality and the maximum cross-platform compatibility and AIFF.

Realize that upcoding a file such as converting a mp3 to one of the two formats (AIFF and ALAC) lossless does you not have the original CD quality.  It gets you a larger file with original quality or mp3.  Mp3 to AAC Upcoding actually gets you a slightly worse than the original mp3 file.

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